Rare Nickel: $3.1M Bid for a 1913 Nickel in Chicago Auction

Rare Nickel $3.1M
Credit: Heritage Auctions
You may be keeping a rare coin in one of your old wallets. Better check it out for it may end up selling in millions of dollars.

A 1913 US nickel was sold for over $3.1 million (including all other charges) during a rare coin and currency auction in Schaumburg, Chicago On Thursday, April 25, 2013. Two men, from Lexington, Kentucky and Panama City,Florida, partnered and won the bidding.