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POLL: Lost 1913 Liberty nickel- what do you think happened to it?
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POLL: The lost 1913 Liberty nickel- what do you think happened to it? And I would like you to tell me the reasons why you feel the way you do about what happened to it.
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I believe it is owned by an anonymous collector.
it is owned by a person who knows exactly what they have!!
second scenerio and it may beat the first as above
it is secreted somewhere and yet has to be found or discovered and the interesting thing is that it is probably in plain sight but that is usually the best hiding place
sincerely michael
I just hope they knows what they have and not just stuck in some closet.
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cop or an accident investigator and the thing is too hot and too hard
to produce provenance without getting somebody busted.
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<< <i>I think it was stolen during the investigation of the car wreck by a
cop or an accident investigator and the thing is too hot and too hard
to produce provenance without getting somebody busted. >>
Surely any statute of limitations would have run out by now? Let's say it was a cop -- with the statute of limitations expired, he wouldn't be prosecuted. He might get fired from the force, but with a multimillion dollar coin in his possession, I doubt he'd care.
I'm actually of the opinion that the current owner has no idea what he has. I think either someone from the Reynolds clan or somebody from the accident scene found it and spent it. Then someone else (a non-coin collector) got it and thought "There's a strange old nickel" and put it where all non-collectors put strange old coins -- in a dresser drawer, or a jar somewhere. And there it remains.
If I had it, this is how I'd feel about it.
It was inside Sammy Sosa's bat until last night......
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and has already been in touch with a major auction house planning to sell it in the very near future..... (my guess)
(now, is that a run on sentance, or what?)
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I think someone owns it that is just keeping quiet OR doesn't know they own it, such as an estate. I mean, does anyone out there know who owns the 1822 $5 gold peice?
jom
<< <i>It is sitting in a very old collection, and the owner is soaking up all the FREE publicity,
and has already been in touch with a major auction house planning to sell it in the very near future..... (my guess)
(now, is that a run on sentance, or what?) >>
I strongly suspect that this is correct. It won't surprise me though, if the owner, undoubtedly "old" money, never reveals his identity.
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(It is my guess)
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<< <i>If it was a counterfiet how did Samuel Brown get it from the mint in 1913 along with the other 4? >>
Did you see him get it?
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OK here is the photo from the October 1948 Numismatist showing George Walton surrendipitously slipping the 1913 Liberty nickel into John Pittman's hands in exchange for a pledge of secrecy as to Pittman's now ownership of the original 1913 Liberty Nickel! (Note the photographer conveniently cropped out the hands but the grins on Pittman and Walton's faces are a sure give away!!!)
Now for the rest of the story we will have to await whoever ended up with the coin to come forward.
I vaguely recall that one of the more detailed articles about the history of the coin referenced a lack of cooperation by the now deceased relative to allow the "altered coin" to be examined during her lifetime.
Note too the disclosures from the family confirming there was no other 1913 Liberty Nickel found at the accident site or anywhere else after Walton's death despite the fact that Walton publicly claimed the nickel he was showing and carrying around was altered.
I guess there could still be another chapter to this story if the secret purchaser who got duped is still alive or if his heirs now come forward.
<< <i>I just hope they knows what they have and not just stuck in some closet. >>
Bwuahahahahahahaha!!!!! Psychic on board!
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