Sale proves nickel

With its sale for $3,737,500 on Jan. 7, the 1913 Liberty Head nickel dramatically improved its performance as an investment when compared to such things as the Dow Jones Industrial Average, gold, farmland and the Consumer Price Index.

Some doubted that the nickel, one of five known, would sell in this market, but the doubters were proved wrong. It was opened at $2.75 million and sold to a phone bidder after a couple of bumps up.

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