Extremely rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel sells for record-breaking $4.5 Million

Numismatic auction powerhouse Stack’s Bowers Galleries has sold the rarest and most valuable U.S. nickel in existence tonight for $4,560,000 million at their official auction of the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money at Philadelphia’s Pennsylvania Convention Center. At this price it becomes one of the five most valuable coins sold at auction as well as the most valuable non-precious metal coin ever. The Eliasberg 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five ever produced, is the finest-graded example of its kind and traces its provenance to the only complete collection of United States coins by date and mintmark. “This is truly a momentous sale and one for the history books,” said Brian Kendrella, president of Stack’s Bowers Galleries. “The new owner of the Eliasberg nickel now possesses one of the rarest, most valuable United States coins, and one of onl