Nickel Featured On 'Hawaii Five-O' Sells For $3.7 Million President of Dallas-based Heritage Auctions Greg Rohan reportedly said the coin is a 1913 Liberty Head nickel, and one of only five known to still exist.According to reports, the nickel was sold Thursday in Florida at the Orlando Convention Center for just over $3.7 million.The identities of the buyer and seller were not released, reports said. Past owners of the coin include King Farouk of Egypt and Dr. Jerry Buss, owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. The coin's value reached $1 million in 2003 before increasing in value and being sold Thursday, reports said.The nickel was featured in December 1973 on an episode of "Hawaii Five-O" titled "The $100,000 Nickel," according to... PCGS Million Dollar Coin Club Launched "The first US coin to reach the million dollar mark was the Eliasberg specimen 1913 Liberty Head nickel 14 years ago. It sold at auction for $1485000 on May ... Numismaster.com Class I 1804 dollars have topped $1 million a number of times, but in that case there are only eight examples known while the 1913 Liberty Head nickel has ...

World's Most Famous Nickel Could Bring $3 Million The world's most famous nickel, a 1913 Liberty Head nickel that appeared on the TV show, "Hawaii Five-O," could bring $3 million when it is offered in a ...

The Olsen Specimen. A profile and History It was the first 1913 Liberty Head nickel offered for sale in a public auction, and the only specimen that professional numismatist B. Max Mehl ever handled, despite his extensive advertising campaign that promoted the famously rare coin. It also holds the record as the first coin to break the $100,000 price barrier in 1972, while another 1913 nickel, the Eliasberg specimen, became the first coin to break the $1,000,000 price barrier some 24 years later. It is certainly possible that a 1913 Liberty nickel, perhaps the Olsen specimen, will someday become the first coin to break the $10,000,000 price barrier. Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth, authors of The 100 Greatest U.S. Coin...

2009 Buffalos Sold Out, FUN Show, Big Ben Coin One of many highlight of the show looks to be Heritage Auction Galleries' 1913 Liberty Head Nickel. Wibker goes as far as calling that coin the "Queen of ...