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This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers.The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta.
An example graded Mint State 65 became the country’s most expensive gold coin and the second most expensive coin of any composition when it sold for $9.36 million in 2021.
The gold reserves (approx. 120 tonnes) of the Romanian government and other valuables sent to Russia for safekeeping during World War I. These were mislaid after the October Revolution and only some of the objects, and none of the gold reserves, have been returned as of 2012. Florentine Diamond: Confirmed 1918
Gold certificates, along with all other U.S. currency, were made in two sizes—a larger size from 1865 to 1928, and a smaller size beginning with the series of 1928. The backs of all large-sized notes (and also the small-sized notes of the Series of 1934) were orange, resulting in the nickname "yellow boys" or "goldbacks".
The 5 Most Valuable U.S. Coins Still in Circulation. ... When President Roosevelt recalled all gold coins in 1933, about 180,000 Double Eagles were in circulation. Today, there exists 11 to 15 in ...
If you have a coin collection, something might be hiding inside that's worth much more than its weight in gold. The post-pandemic era is shaping up to be a great time in the history of numismatics,...
Series 1890 $1,000 Treasury Note, nicknamed "The Grand Watermelon" due to the shape and colour of the zeros on the reverse.. The Treasury Note (also known as a Coin Note) was a type of representative money issued by the United States government from 1890 until 1893 under authority of the Sherman Silver Purchase Act in denominations of $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100 and $1,000. [1]
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.