Rare coins have been known to appreciate in value over time by up to 300%.
An extremely rare dime whose whereabouts were unknown since the late 1970s fetched just over $500,000 at auction.
The coin had been inherited by three sisters from an Ohio dairy farm after their brother died, choosing to hide it in a bank vault for over 40 years.
It is this rare and imperfect coin that gives the coin so much worth because it was produced in San Francisco by the US Mint in 1975 with Franklin D. Roosevelt as the subject.
The Farmer’s Hidden Legacy:
Still, this dime is among only two known to exist and it does not feature that well-known ‘S’ mint mark above the engraved year.
This is the only other known example of a 1975 dime without the trademark ‘S’, which sold in a 2019 auction for $456,000 and then again privately later in the year, Russell said.
The online auction ended Sunday.
San Francisco Mint produced more than 2.8 million special uncirculated ‘proof’ sets of six coins in 1975 with the selling price at $7. Several years later, collectors found that in the sets two dimes were left without the mint mark.
Ohio sisters wanted to go anonymous, Russell said. But for the record, they told him they inherited the coin after brother and mother purchased it in 1978 for $18,200.
That would be about $90,000 in today’s money.
The parents ran a small dairy farm and considered the coin an emergency fund.
Adjusted for inflation, the value of the coin increases by about 455 percent over more than 40 years it spent with the family.
That perfect dime, which is considered imperfect, was sold to the highest bidder for a price of $500,000 when bidding on the 50th home run ball belted out of the park this year by All-Star MLB player Shohei Ohtani started on September 27.
The ball has since been sold for an astonishing $4.39 million after dazing 40 bids.
Two Ohio sisters, who wish to remain anonymous, said they got one of those two dimes, but their brother and mom bought the first error coin found in 1978 for $18,200-which would be about $90,000 today. Their parents were running a dairy farm, and they put the coin as an emergency fund.
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Conclusion:
The existence of a rare coin buried on an Ohio farm prompts the sale of a mammoth amount at an auction. Along the way, hidden treasures that have come through unsuspected places should remind one to look there too for forgotten ones or inheritances. Whatever the rare coins are-maybe antique items, or even a family relic, such precious artifacts keep both history and money-making.
The success of the auction also points to how fascinated the public is in the treasures numismatists treasure and drives an alive market for finds of great rarity. A farmer in Ohio reminds treasure hunters and collectors alike of this one legacy: discoveries such as this can sometimes happen anywhere.
FAQS:
What was unearthed from an Ohio farm?
He chanced upon a very rare 1795 U.S. Liberty Cap quarter.
How much a rare coin sold at an auction for?
It was sold at Heritage Auctions for $510,000.
Who is selling the coin and what did he get the coin?
It is sold by Michael Parsons, a metal detectorist who made the find.
Why so dear Liberty Cap quarter?
Only 1,000 of these coins were in existence.