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The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023. [note 1] Where necessary, the price is first converted to dollars using the exchange rate at the time the item ...
An original “Post Office” Mauritius took the title of the world’s most valuable stamp after selling for $9.6 million in 2021. 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar $12 million
With its sale in June 2014 to Stuart Weitzman for $9,480,000, [1] [2] the 1c magenta has broken the world record for a single stamp auction price a total of four times. [7] The 2014 auction also made it the most expensive item, by weight and size, ever sold in history. [ 7 ]
Prior to the 1990s, currency collecting was a relatively small adjunct to coin collecting, but currency auctions and greater public awareness of paper money have caused more interest in rare banknotes and consequently their increased value. [citation needed] The most valuable banknote is the $1000 bill issued in 1890 that was sold at an auction ...
In October 2007, the Guinness Book of World Records certified the coin as the world’s largest gold coin. The coin’s front shows Queen Elizabeth II, while the reverse shows a Canadian maple leaf.
Last sold value: $4.4 million in 2010. This dramatic, oversized coin weighs 220 pounds and holds the Guinness Book of World Records title for the world’s largest gold coin. Only six were made ...
The other variety of $1,000 Treasury Notes, Series 1891 "Open Backs" (Fr#379c), represented by just two notes, has also been involved in the recent string of record-breaking sales. While one of these two notes is owned by the Smithsonian Institution (pictured at bottom), the only Series 1891 $1,000 note available to collectors had set the world ...
And here is the world’s most expensive coin of all time: the 1933 Double Eagle, worth up to $18.9 million. It sold for this price at auction in 2021, per Smithsonian Magazine. More From ...