Whats the most valuable U.S. coin?
May 20, 2010
The Neil/Carter/Contursi specimen 1794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar has sold for $7,850,000, setting a new record as the world’s most valuable rare coin. Graded PCGS Specimen-66, it is the finest known 1794 dollar and believed by several prominent experts to be the first silver dollar ever struck by the United States Mint.
http://news.coinupdate.com/silver-dollar-sold-for-world-record-price-0286/
On July 30, 2002, two leading auction firms jointly conducted a public auction for sale of the fabled 1933 Saint-Gaudens double eagle. Pre-sale estimates were in the $4-million to $6-million range. The coin sold for an astounding $7,590,020. This now stands as the highest price ever paid at auction – and the highest price confirmed to have been paid publicly – for a single U.S. coin. In August 1999, an 1804 silver dollar changed hands at a New York City auction for $4,140,000. That figure included a hammer price of $3,600,000 plus a 15-percent buyer’s fee of $540,000. As this book goes to press, that stands as the highest price ever paid at auction – and the highest price confirmed to have been paid publicly – for a single U.S. coin. In fact, it is more than double the previous record of $1,815,000, which was achieved by a different specimen of the same coin in April 1997. Both coins were sold by Bowers and Merena Galleries of Wolfeboro, New Hampshire. The 1804 dollar is not the rarest
