CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) -- Not many people can retire on a nickel -- unless it's a rare 1913 Liberty Head like the one that sold Thursday for $4.15 million.

It is the second-highest price ever reported paid for a rare coin.

Legend Numismatics, a coin dealership in Lincroft, New Jersey, bought it from collector Ed Lee of Merrimack, New Hampshire. It is one of only five such nickels known to exist.

"Owning a 1913 Liberty Head nickel is unlike owning any other coin in the world," said Laura Sperber, co-president of Legend Numismatics. She called the 1913 Liberty Head the most famous of American rare coins.

The nickel will be on display through Saturday at a coin show in Long Beach, California. "We are going to display it and enjoy the hell out of it," Sperber said.

story (http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/02/rare.nickel.ap/index.html)

me wants... :(

advise to the guy who bought it:

don't use it in a vending machine

I realize there's a story behind the coin, but its just a coin.
I just don't get it.
How can spending 4 million on a coin make someone happy?
Get a life!
You have 4 million dollars to spend,
and an old coin is the best purchase you can make? :nonono:

How can spending 4 million on a coin make someone happy?
I have similar questions with regard to diamonds.