5 U.S. cents sold for 3.1 million dollars!

One of rare coins and more required in the U.S., five cents U.S., known as the "Liberty Head" that were in circulation in 1913, was sold at an auction in Chicago for 3.1 million dollars, has announced the agency UPI. This coin is especially appreciated by koleksionerët Numismatics, because so far there are only five known copies. Illegal jitney was reproduced in 1913, but soon after they were put into circulation, was officially discontinued their production. Coins "Liberty Head" has an unusual history. Collector George Walton North Carolina purchased in 1941 for $ 3,700. In 1962 he died in an air disaster and is found in the ruins of the precious coins, which works together with his family was submitted. In 1911, the Mint began work to replace the design-in "Liberty Head" with a new design, which became known as the "Buffalo Nickel" and was produced in February 1913.