List of most expensive coins
The following list is a chart of the most expensive coins. Most of these are auction prices. Several private sale prices over $2m are not in this list yet.
| Price | Year | Type | Issuing country | Provenance | Firm | Date of sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ~$53,500,000 (based on gold value) |
2011 | $1 million 1 Tonne Gold Coin | Australia | [1] | 2011 | |
| $10,016,875 | 1794 | Flowing Hair Dollar | United States | Green, Contursi, Cardinal | Stack’s Bowers Galleries[2] | January 2013 |
| $7,590,020 | 1933 | 1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle | United States | Farouk | Sotheby's/Stack's[3] | July 2002 |
| $7,400,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Breast | Privately minted | Blanchard and Co.[4] | December 2011 | |
| $6,029,400 | 723 | Umayyad Gold Dinar | Umayyad Caliphate | Morten &Eden [5] | April 2011 | |
| $4,993,750 | 1794 | Flowing Hair Dollar | United States | Lord St. Oswald, Hayes, Pogue | Sotheby's/Stack's[6] | September 2015 |
| $4,582,500 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing | Privately minted | Newlin, Davis, Perschke | Heritage Auctions[7] | January 2014 |
| $4,140,000 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class I | United States | Childs | Bowers & Merena | August 1999 |
| $3,737,500 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class I | United States | Mickley, Hawn, Queller | Heritage Auctions[8] | May 2008 |
| $3,737,500 | 1913 | Liberty Head Nickel | United States | Olsen, Farouk | Heritage Auctions | January 2010 |
| $2,990,000 | 1907 | Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle - Ultra High Relief | United States | Trompeter | Heritage Auctions | November 2005 |
| $2,415,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing | Privately minted | Heritage Auctions | January 2005 | |
| $2,300,000 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class III | United States | Adams, Carter | Heritage Auctions | April 2009 |
| $2,185,000 | 1907 | Eagle - Rolled Edge | United States | Heritage Auctions | January 2011 | |
| $1,997,500 | 1894-S | Barber Dime | United States | Clapp, Eliasberg, Richmond | Heritage Auctions | January 2016 |
| $680,000 | 1343/4 | Edward III Florin | Kingdom of England | Spink[9] | June 2006 |
References
- ↑ 1 Tonne Gold Kangaroo Coin | The Perth Mint
- ↑ Stack's Bowers - The January 2013 New York Americana Sale Lot #13094
- ↑ Top 10 Coin Auction Prices For Rare U.S. Coins – The Fun Times Guide to Coins. Coins.thefuntimesguide.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
- ↑ Extremely rare gold Brasher doubloon minted in 1787 fetches $7.4 million. washingtonpost.com. Retrieved on 2011-12-12.
- ↑ http://www.coinweek.com/featured-news/rarest-of-islamic-coins-sells-for-3-7-million-in-morton-eden-sale/
- ↑ Coin Auctions – POGUE II Sale Tops $26 Million In NYC. www.coinweek.com. Retrieved on 2015-10-03.
- ↑ Lot 5100. coins.ha.com. Retrieved on 2014-01-24.
- ↑ Rare Coins – Heritage Auctions | Auction – Buy – Sell – Value. Coins.ha.com. Retrieved on 2010-12-28.
- ↑ Rare coin breaks auction record. news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved on 2013-12-22.
- Yeoman, R.S. A Guide Book of United States Coins Atlanta: Whitman Publishing, 2009 ixlmath.com
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