The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 42, October 2, 2005, Article 26

1913 LIBERTY NICKEL AT WHITMAN'S ATLANTA SHOW

David Crenshaw, Director of Numismatic Research at
Whitman Publishing writes: "I wanted to follow-up on Dave
Bowers' comments in a recent E-Sylum about the exciting
exhibits that will be on display at the Whitman Coin and
Collectibles Atlanta Expo. We are pleased to announce that
the Expo will feature the finest known 1913 Liberty Head nickel."

The following excerpt is from the press release David attached:
"The finest of only five known 1913 Liberty Head nickels will
be on display at the Whitman Coin and Collectibles Atlanta
Expo. The Eliasberg-Legend specimen, certified PCGS Proof-66,
will be on exhibit Thursday through Saturday, October 6-8.

Laura Sperber of Legend Numismatics and her two partners,
George Huang and Bruce Morelan, purchased the coin for
$4,150,000. This is the highest price ever paid for one of the
five famed nickels, and the second-highest price for any rare
coin. (Only the Farouk-Fenton specimen of the 1933 $20
gold piece has sold higher, at $7,590,000.)

This nickel has been displayed only three other times since
2004—once in Florida and twice on the West coast...."

"The Expo opens at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, October 6 at the
Cobb Galleria Centre. Admission is free. For the latest
information about the Expo, visit www.WhitmanExpo.com."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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