| This is Sce343's 1886 5c Pcgs Vf-20 ~ Better Date Liberty Nickel, this one's condition is 'Circulated', it was minted in Philadelphia, the grade on this item is VF-20.
Liberty Head (V) nickels were officially minted from 1883 to 1912. However, an unknown mint official illegally produced an unknown quantity of V Nickels with the date 1913. There are currently only five known genuine examples of this 1913 coin (though many counterfeits exist), making them some of the most valuable coins in existence.
At one point, all five known 1913 coins were owned by Edward Howland Robinson Green, son of the famous Hetty Green. The 'Olsen specimen', named for a previous owner, was auctioned in 2003 for $3 million. Legend Numismatics, a coin dealership in Lincroft, New Jersey, bought another from collector Ed Lee of Merrimack, New Hampshire on June 2, 2005 for $4.15 million, the second-highest price ever paid for a rare U.S. coin. |