The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 32, August 10, 2003, Article 8

RARITY OVERDOSE

  Last week I asked if  any E-Sylum readers were among the
  group of six experts who examined the 1913 Liberty Head
  nickels on display at the American Numismatic Association
  convention in Baltimore.  Until last Wednesday, Eric Newman
  had been the last  living person to view all five of the coins
  together.

  Tom DeLorey writes: "On Sunday afternoon, after the show
  closed, I was privileged to be allowed to follow the exhibit
  into the Security Room where ANA Curator Larry Lee let me
  pick up and look at each coin out of the display case.  The
  ANA and Smithsonian coins were in Kointains, the Walton
  piece in its 40-year-old Capital Plastic holder, and the other
  two in slabs. All I can say is WOW. A tremendous rush. I
  have handled five 1804 dollars over the years, but not all at
  once."

  Susie Nulty of ANA headquarters writes: "You mentioned the
  5th 1913 Liberty Head nickel in your last newsletter. Donn
  Pearlman took a few interesting pictures that you may see at
  http://www.money.org/press/5thnickel.html including a photo
  showing six of seven authenticators with the five genuine
  nickels."

  [Thanks for the photos, Donn - numismatic history in the
  making!  The authenticators were Mark Borckardt, John
  Dannreuther, Jeff Garrett, David Hall, Lawrence Lee, Paul
  Montgomery and Fred Weinberg.  COIN WORLD and
  Numismatic News had cover articles.  As a numismatic
  ephemera collector, I especially enjoyed the COIN WORLD
  photo of the envelope in which the long-missing nickel was
  stored for 41 years (p34, August 18, 2003 issue).  On it
  was written "This is a changed date and not real 1913.
  George used it for display instead of real one which has
  never been located."   -Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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