1913 Liberty Head V Nickel US Coin

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Year: 1913 Diameter: 21.21 mm / (0.8350 in) Mint Mark: No mint mark Face Value: 0.05 USD Silver Content: 0% Numismatic Value: $3,428,950 to $4,408,650.00 Value: As a rough estimate of this coin's value, assume it will be valued at around $3,428,950 in average condition. One in certified mint state (MS+) condition could bring as much as $4,408,650 at auction. This price does not reference any standard coin grading scale. When we say average, we mean similar to other coins issued in 1913, and mint state means it is certified MS+ by one of the top coin grading companies. Only five Liberty Head V Nickels were minted in 1913 without authorization from the mint. These coins are among the most valuable and rarest US coins in existence, with each one worth millions of dollars. A man named Samuel Brown worked at the mint in 1913 and introduced all five coins at the American Numismatic Association in 1920. He claimed to have put an ad in "The Numismatist" offering to buy them for $500 each and successfully acquired them as a result. It is widely suspected that Samuel Brown was the one who actually produced these five proof Liberty Nickels at the US Mint without authorization, taking the coins for himself.