Walter J. Husak
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Walter J. Husak is the owner of an aerospace-part manufacturing company in Burbank
, California
. On February 15, 2008, an auction house sold his collection of 301 rare pennies in Long Beach
, California
. Two of the pennies went for $632,500 a piece. The entire collection sold for approximately $10.7 million
Walter Husak began collecting coins in 1955 when he was spending a summer in Iowa at his grandparents’ farm. Mr. Husak purchased his first large penny in June, 1980 - a 1804 large cent. In 1986, he purchased his first Sheldon-13. At the end of 1994, he decided to try to collect all of the Sheldon varieties, and over the next decade built one of the most important Sheldon collections in the world.
Burbank, California
Burbank is a city in Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States, north of downtown Los Angeles. The estimated population in 2010 was 103,340....
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. On February 15, 2008, an auction house sold his collection of 301 rare pennies in Long Beach
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. Two of the pennies went for $632,500 a piece. The entire collection sold for approximately $10.7 million
Walter Husak began collecting coins in 1955 when he was spending a summer in Iowa at his grandparents’ farm. Mr. Husak purchased his first large penny in June, 1980 - a 1804 large cent. In 1986, he purchased his first Sheldon-13. At the end of 1994, he decided to try to collect all of the Sheldon varieties, and over the next decade built one of the most important Sheldon collections in the world.