1913 nickel worth millions? Humble coin on the auction block.
| RICHMOND, Va.
A humble聽nickel聽from聽1913聽could be聽worth聽millions聽when it goes up for auction this spring.
The聽1913聽Liberty Head聽nickel聽is one of only five known to exist. Some expect it to sell for $2.5聽million聽or more.
The design is unique because the U.S. officially switched to the Buffalo Head聽nickel聽that year, but a U.S. Mint worker is suspected of making a handful of the old design with the new year.
But it's also the coin's rich backstory that could boost its value. It was made illegally and later found in a car wreck that killed its owner. Then it was declared a fake and forgotten in a closet for decades before being rediscovered.
Four Virginia siblings will split the proceeds from the April 25 auction.
