This is the second part of a two-part feature on the earliest known showing of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel and the spread of the coin’s popularity. The first part explored the display of the nickel by former Mint employee Samuel W. Brown at a Chicago Coin Club meeting in early December 1919, prior to his first advertisements offering to buy examples of the coin for $500, and then $600, appeared in print
By Robert R. Van Ryzin
The Olsen specimen of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel. It was sold for $3
Before its consumption by flame on the night of September 2, the National Museum of Brazil — which was about to celebrate its bicentennial with a set of collector coins — held an impressive collection of over 20 million objects, including a scientific library stocked with 470,000 tomes. This is not to be confused with the National Historical Museum of Brazil, which contains the largest numismatic collection in Latin America, and remains safe
Santa Ana, CA. — Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce that Bruce Smith, a 20-year veteran in numismatics, has joined the company and will be operating out of the firm’s Southern California headquarters
Santa Ana, CA. (April 25, 2018) — Stack’s Bowers Galleries is pleased to announce the sale of the finest known 1913 Liberty Head nickel graded Proof-66 and pedigreed to the Louis E
The American Numismatic Association is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its Colorado headquarters, which officially opened in Colorado Springs on June 10, 1967. Those who attend the World’s Fair of Money (www