NGC Confirms Authenticity of Walton 1913 Liberty Nickel

MICHAELDIXON · September 20, 2003 4:12AM

Wow! Page 76 of the September 29, 2003 Coin World. A little late with the press release aren't they? PCGS kicked them to the curb on this one!

dbldie55 · September 20, 2003 4:27AM

Well since Bowers & Merena is owned by the same company that PCGS is, and they offered the reward, it only makes sense they saw it first. NGC did not see it until the coin was loaned to the ANA for display. Kind of hard to confirm the authenticity of a coin that you have not been allowed to look at.

sinin1 · September 20, 2003 12:33PM

I don't get it

PCGS saw the coin and said it is authentic

and then they want another opinion from NGC - okay it is authentic

why not ANACS as well

they are building a strong provenance but why? are they going to sell it? I heard 40 years ago that someone said the one they have was a fake - do they have a couple, a real one and a good fake?

wouldn't it be cool if they sold 5-10 fakes in private deals and one of the conditions of sale was anonomity for 10 years (well, I am sure they would not do such a thing - but maybe I would if I could )

Placid · September 20, 2003 1:04PM

Some people have trust issues.

jbsteven · September 20, 2003 1:10PM

I guess since they were told it was fake 40 years ago they might want a second opinion

airplanenut · September 20, 2003 1:11PM

sinin,

Stacks called it a fake and didn't auction it... then again, it was just compared to the 4 other genuine ones... when it's so valuable, it's probably easier to use other known examples, then to be liable for such an extreme amount of money by auctioning it as genuine.

Jeremy

JohnZ · September 20, 2003 1:15PM

Jeremy makes a good point. At any rate, if I could afford the coin, I would buy a house on St. Martin with a nice schooner to match.

NGC Confirms Authenticity of Walton 1913 Liberty Nickel

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