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$1 Million Canadian Gold Maple Leaf: Canada: Dorotheum Auction House June 2010 $4,000,000 (20 million ZAR) 1898 Single 9 Pond South African Republic: King Farouk of Egypt: South Cape Coins (private transaction) [18] May 2010 $3,960,000 1885 Trade Dollar: PF-66 United States Eliasberg Heritage Auctions [19] January 2019 $3,877,500 1804 Bust ...
It had a diameter of 42 millimetres (1.7 in), and weighed 15.55 grams (0.500 oz t), twice the weight of the existing gold coin, the ryal. The new coin was struck in response to a large influx of gold into Europe from West Africa in the 1480s, and Henry at first called it the double ryal, but soon changed the name to sovereign. [2]
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.
1849 $20 Liberty Gold Coin Minted in 1849, this rare coin easily falls into the million-dollar club. Made from 90% gold and 10% copper, this coin weighs just over 33 grams.
Another specimen hit the market for more than $3.7 million in 2010, while still another traded hands at $4.56 million in 2018. GreatCollections, an auctioneer, acquired one of the coins for $4.2 ...
Gold penny: 1/8 to 2/-£0.0833 to £0.1: 1257–1265. Gold. Undervalued for its metal content and extremely rare. Quarter noble: 1/8: £0.0833: 1344–1470. Quarter angel: 2/-£0.1: 1547–1600. Gold. Florin or two shillings: 2/-£0.1: 1848–1970, circulated from 1971 to 1993 with a value of ten decimal pence. Not to be confused with the gold ...
On History Channel's hit show "Pawn Stars," a man came in to sell a 1907 Saint-Gaudens double eagle $20 gold coin. The coins are extremely rare, and some of them have sold for more than $1 million ...
The face value of the coins totaled $27,980, but was assessed to be worth $10 million. The hoard contained $27,460 in twenty-dollar coins, $500 in ten-dollar coins, and $20 in five-dollar coins, all dating from 1847 to 1894. The collection is the largest known discovery of buried gold coins that has ever been recovered in the United States. [1]