Rare Coin Discovered in Ohio Family Farm Vault Could Fetch Half a Million Dollars!
An Ohio family of farmers discovered a rare 1975 dime hidden for decades. It’s now expected to sell for over $500,000 at auction. š #News #ToledoOH #Ohio #Finance
TOLEDO, OH – What would you do if you found out a long-forgotten family heirloom could make you rich? For three Ohio sisters, that very scenario unfolded when they inherited an old coin from their late brother. The coin, stored in a bank vault for more than four decades, is now expected to sell for over $500,000 at auction, leaving the sisters stunned by its value.
The dime in question, minted in San Francisco in 1975, is extraordinarily rare due to one small but crucial detailāitās missing the “S” mint mark. Only two such dimes are known to exist, and serious collectors have been hunting for them for years.
One was sold in 2019 for a jaw-dropping $456,000. The second, held by the Ohio family, is now poised to fetch even more.
The Coinās Hidden Past
Back in 1975, the U.S. Mint in San Francisco produced more than 2.8 million special proof sets. Each set contained six coins and was sold for $7, with the dimes featuring the “S” mark that indicates the San Francisco Mint.
However, collectors later discovered that two dimes from those sets were missing the mark, creating a rarity that would turn heads in the coin-collecting world.
The Ohio sistersā family bought one of these error coins in 1978 for $18,200, an amount equivalent to about $90,000 today. Their parents, who operated a dairy farm, viewed the purchase as a financial investment.
Despite its value, the coin was kept hidden away, only emerging recently when the siblings inherited it after their brotherās passing.
While one of the sisters vaguely remembered her brother talking about the coin, she had never actually seen it herself until last year. It had been stored securely in the bank vault all this time, almost forgotten.
Auction Anticipation Builds
The coin, now officially known as the “1975 ‘No S’ Proof Dime,” will be auctioned online in October, and itās already causing a buzz among collectors. Experts from GreatCollections, a leading currency auction house, predict it could bring in over $500,000, sparking new interest in the possibility of more undiscovered error coins from the 1975 proof sets.
While there is a chance that other examples of this rare coin could still be out there, they would only be found in unopened proof sets from 1975, not in loose change. But with the excitement around this auction, itās likely many will be scouring their collections just in case.
For the Ohio family, what began as a safety net investment decades ago has turned into a life-changing windfall, proving that sometimes, treasure can indeed be found in the most unexpected places.
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