PR: Two 1913 Liberty Head Nickels to be Exhibited

American Numismatic Association

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 7, 2003

CONTACT: Stephen Bobbitt
Telephone 719-632-2646 x113
E-mail

Two 1913 Liberty Head Nickels

To Be Exhibited at National Money Show

Two 1913 Liberty Head nickels--one of America's great numismatic
rarities--will be displayed together in Portland, Oregon, at the American
Numismatic Association (ANA) National Money ShowTM, March 26-28, 2004.

"The 2004 National Money Show at the Oregon Convention Center is
shaping up to be a great event," says ANA Convention Director Brenda
Bishop. "Our 225-table bourse floor already is sold out, we have a great
lineup of educational programs planned and the icing on the cake will be
our exhibit of two multimillion-dollar 1913 Liberty nickels, their first
time together in the Pacific Northwest."

The 1913 Liberty Head nickel exhibit will include the Bebee specimen,
which was donated to the ANA Money Museum in 1989 by the late Aubrey and
Adeline Bebee of Omaha, Nebraska, and the Walton specimen, which had been
out of sight since 1962 when its owner, George O. Walton of Roanoke,
Virginia, died in an auto accident. On temporary loan to the ANA, the
coin was reunited with its four sisters at the ANA World's Fair of MoneyR
in Baltimore last summer.

Five 1913 Liberty Head nickels were produced 90 years ago under
mysterious circumstances when the United States Mint was changing from
the Liberty Head to the Buffalo design. First shown at the 1920 ANA
convention in Chicago, the five coins remained together as a set until
the 1940s, when they were separated and sold. One of them now is part of
the Smithsonian Institution's collection. The other two rare nickels
remain in private hands, both changing ownership several times in the
last 10 years, and one of them selling just before the ANA Baltimore
convention for about $3 million.

A history of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel will be just one of the
more than 20 hours of free Numismatic Theatre programs planned for the
National Money Show. In addition, the ANA will offer its "Coin Collecting
Basics" program, which introduces the different aspects of coin
collecting to first-time numismatic show visitors, and coin a collecting
clinic for Boy and Girl Scouts.

Throughout the three-day event, the ANA also will offer its Treasure
Trivia family game, in which school-age children scour the bourse floor
seeking answers to questions provided by the Association's Education
Department while collecting scarce coins and other numismatic items.
Participants become eligible to enter a free drawing for a variety of
collector coins, including the top prize of a silver Spanish milled
dollar, also know as a "piece of eight."

Before the show opens, the ANA "U.S. Coin Grading Seminar" will be
held March 23-25 at the Doubletree Portland - Lloyd Center. Expert
graders from Numismatic Guaranty Corporation (NGC), the ANA's official
grading service, will serve as instructors at the hands-on course. (Cost
for the seminar is $350 for ANA members ($450 for non-members). For more
information or to sign up for the class, contact the ANA Education
Department at 719-632-2646 or E-mail .)

The ANA has arranged discount room rates at the Doubletree Portland -
Lloyd Center (503-281-6111), Courtyard by Marriott Portland Lloyd Center
(503-234-3200) and Red Lion Hotel Portland Convention Center
(800-343-1822). To make reservations, call the hotels directly and
mention the show.

For more information about the 2004 National Money Show, contact the
ANA Convention Department at 818 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs, CO
80903-3279; phone 719-632 2646; fax 719-634-4085; e-mail
; or visit the ANA web site at www.money.org.