Walton 1913 Liberty 5¢ Coin Sells In Private Transaction

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CCFPress Press Manager United States 1420 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 11:31 am CoinWorld - The 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin once owned by George O. Walton and his heirs has traded hands in a private transaction for a price between $3 million and $4 million. Co-owners Jeff Garrett from Mid-American Rare Coin Galleries in Lexington, Kentucky and Larry Lee, from Coin and Bullion Reserves in Panama City, Florida, sold the coin to brothers Martin Burns and Ronald Firman. The sale was brokered through Philadelphia dealer Bob Paul from Bob Paul Rare Coins. Coin World received a copy of the invoice for the sale of the coin to verify the transaction. The participants in the transaction requested that the exact price not be released. Earlier in 2018, Paul placed with Firman for more than $1 million in a private transaction a 1943 Lincoln copper cent. The cent is graded Mint State 63 red by Professional Coin Grading Service and stickered by Certified Acceptance Corp. with a green label as being superior for the grade. Read the Entire Article Report this Post to the Staff

Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 11:36 am Nice to have money to burn, isn't it? Guess its better than investing in losing sports teams Edited by Crazyb0 06/19/2018 11:38 am Report this Post to the Staff
moxking Rest in Peace United States 17900 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 1:36 pm Big money influx is beneficial to all price levels. Much of those sale prices will be used for additional coin purchases. Report this Post to the Staff
Conder101 Bedrock of the Community United States 17884 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 1:48 pm One thing I noticed from the press release, they have gone back to being business strikes again instead of proofs. Oops, ignore that the 1943 copper was what was graded Mint state. Guess the business strike 1913's are still being called proofs. Edited by Conder101 06/19/2018 1:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff
T-BOP Rest in Peace United States 18456 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 4:11 pm Quote: . Guess the business strike 1913's are still being called proofs. I was under the assumption that the few 1913's were only proof strikes . Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188130 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 4:38 pm They are not just buying the coin, they are becoming immortalized as a part of its elite provenance. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
jpsned Pillar of the Community United States 2200 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 5:49 pm I don't know, looks to me like the "3" was altered! :) Anybody else see that? Edited by jpsned 06/19/2018 5:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 6:50 pm I guess the concensus of experts over the last 100 years would be "not many". Edited by Coinfrog 06/19/2018 6:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
hadleydog Pillar of the Community Canada 1267 Posts	Posted 06/19/2018 11:03 pm Quote: Guess the business strike 1913's are still being called proofs. Back in 1943, Burdette Johnson considered 4 of the 5 as proofs, while the fifth had proof-like surfaces. Interesting. Here is a summary of his invoices. Quote: The Newman Numismatic Portal has invoices from Burdette G. Johnson, which includes 4 of the 5 1913 Liberty nickels (Newman kept the best example, which ended up in the Eliasberg collection) Of these, one went to F.C.C. Boyd. This is the coin that Farouk had and is the Norweb coin (currently in the Smithsonian). This coin sold for $1,000 and I think was considered the second finest. This coin is listed on an invoice dated April 22 1943: 1913 U.S. 5c NICKEL. Liberty Head Proof $1000.00 The other 3 all went to James Kelly for $750 each. I have 3 different invoices for these transactions and wonder if there is any way to tie these to the specific coins. 1) March 11th 1943: 1913 U.S. 5c NICKEL. Liberty Head Proof $750.00 2) March 11th 1943: 1913 U.S. 5c NICKEL. Liberty Head Proof $750.00 (this invoice also includes 3 Gobrecht dollars, 2 1851 proof dollars and 3 1878 CC 1/2 dollars. 3) March 17th 1943: 1913 U.S. 5c NICKEL. Liberty Head Uncirculated with proof surface $750.00 Report this Post to the Staff
basebal21 Bedrock of the Community 13014 Posts	Posted 06/20/2018 12:45 am Well the 66 cac price probably just jumped a bit from that sale Report this Post to the Staff
52Raymo Pillar of the Community United States 8516 Posts	Posted 06/20/2018 02:27 am Wow, nobody even let me know it was for sale. Oregon coin geek.....* GO BEAVS ! ! ! * Report this Post to the Staff
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