John Feigenbaum flew out of San Jose this week in first class with flip-flops on his feet, a T-shirt on his back and a dime worth $1.9 million in his pocket.
It was the most expensive dime ever to pass through San Jose. That’s because it is the most expensive dime in the history of dimes.
“All the way across the country, I didn’t sleep,” Feigenbaum said. “I didn’t eat, and I didn’t sleep. You wouldn’t, either.”
Feigenbaum is a rare-coin dealer, and the dime he was carrying across the country, from San Jose to New York, is an 1894-S dime, one of only nine known to exist and one of only 24 known to be coined that year in San Francisco.
[Continue Reading about the $1.9 million dime's odd, secret journey on SFGate]
Article wise, the writer did what he could with the material. But seriously, the guy picked it up at an Oakland bank, walked with a security guard to a car, drove to San Jose Airport (why not Oakland?) and flew a Red-Eye to New York to another Security Guard and a drive to a Manhattan Bank. The whole time “UNDER” dressed. He didn’t want to stick out so he wore flip flops… WTF?!??!? Read the full story if you want. But the dime is sorta ugly to be worth 1.9 Million.
Tags: Finance, Interesting, News, Oddities, Weird
July 28th, 2007 at 6:54 am
I don’t have a $1.9M dime, but I do have an 1906 Indian Head penny in great shape. Any idea what it’s worth?