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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. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.
According to the New York Times, a plate block of four sold for $4.9 million at auction that day in 2021, about $2 million more than its last reported sale price.
List of most expensive coins Price Year Type Grade Issuing country Provenance Firm Date of sale $18,900,000 1933 1933 double eagle: MS-65 CAC United States: King Farouk of Egypt: Sotheby's [1] June 8, 2021 $12,000,000 1794 Flowing Hair dollar: SP-66 CAC United States Neil, Carter Private sale [2] January 24, 2013 $9,360,000 1787 Brasher ...
Coin Pre-decimalisation value Post-decimalisation value [1] Dates of use Notes Mite 1 / 24 d £0.0001736 15th century The Flemish groat approximately matched the English penny c 1420-1480 and was divided into 24 mites.
For You: 3 Coins From the 1950s That Are Worth a Lot of Money 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar Another example of this rare first-issue coin reached a sale price of over $2.8 million.
Penny Black trial plate National Postal Museum; Penny Black Plate 11 corner pair NPM; Two pence blue die proof, April 1840 NPM; Single trial impressions, submitted to Rowland Hill August 31, 1840 British Postal Museum & Archive; Plates of the Penny Black; Problems of the Penny Plates; The World's First Adhesive Postage Stamp Plate references ...
But now this mysterious coin is worth far more than that. It was sold at an auction for $1,440,000 in 2020. There were only ever 24 of these coins minted, but now only nine remain.
The year 1889 saw the largest number issued, both of the double florin and of the revived crown, with more than a million struck of each. This was because the government used the two large coins in pay packets for its employees, and because of an agreement it had made with the Bank of England to reimburse the bank for conveying silver coin to ...