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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.
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.
Gold certificates, representing coins held physically in the Treasury, were instead provided for those purposes. The notes, as legal tender for most purposes, were the dominant paper currency until 1879 but were accepted at a discount in comparison to the gold certificates. After 1879 the government started to redeem United States Notes at face ...
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]
2000-P South Carolina State Quarter – Again, this coin is rare to find in near-perfect condition, which makes it rare. Less than 500 have been graded and certified at MS-69 (no more than two ...
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.
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,...
The National Gold Bank Notes were authorized under the provisions of the Currency Act of July 12, 1870. [5] The series was a result of the California Gold Rush, where gold coins were preferred in commerce. [6] Ten national gold banks were charted, nine of them in California and one in Boston, Massachusetts.