Only five 1913 Liberty nickels are known, the same five that havebeen known to exist since they were first displayed together at the1920 Chicago ANA Convention, just a few months after the firstpublic display of a single specimen in the same city in December1919. Today, two of the five specimens are in museums, leaving justthree examples available to collectors. Of those three, the GeorgeWalton specimen has the most remarkable story, recovered from thewreckage of a deadly auto accident and hidden away in a Virginiacloset until its rediscovery a decade ago shocked the numismaticworld. While the other two specimens have been offered for sale atpublic auction on multiple occasions, the Walton specimen has neverbefore been offered, publicly or privately.
We know that all five 1913 Liberty nickels were struck with proofdies, polished to create the mirrored appearance commonlyassociated with brilliant proof coins. However, the planchets forall five pieces were normally produced rather than burnished asthey would have been to create brilliant proof nickels. For thatreason, the 1913 Liberty nickels have a distinctive appearanceunlike any other circulation strike or proof in the series.
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