World's most expencive coins

Hi.

Does anybody have a list of the world's most expencive coins?

Inlcuding the American one's?

I need it for some schoolwork.

Any help would be appriciated

 

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Look at the back of "The Red Book of US Coins" by R.S. Yeoman.

This book will show you all the prices realized at auctions and/or private sales.

Good luck!

 

excellent

Hi.

This helped a lot. Do you know about European or rest of the world most expencive?

 

Sorry, that isn't my speciality. Wouldn't have a clue.

 

The rarest Australian coin is this gold half sovreign struck in 1888 at the Perth mint.Here is the story which is 3 years old,so I imagine you could add a bit to the $125.000 price they're talking about.At the bottom of the article,they mention a 1930 proof penny that was worth $281,750,so it's the most expensive.Only US coins have broken the million dollar barrier (I think) but I would imagine if this one-of-a-kind British gold dark-ages penny ever goes to auction again,it will go way over.It was sold for just over $411.000,to an American..hehe
http://www.spink.com/resources/press/4018penny_pr.asp
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/03/25/1048354595518.html

 

The most expensive coin in the world:
The world's most expensive coin is the double gold eagle coin and has been sold in America for 7.6 million. The 'double gold eagle' coin was made in 1933 but never made it into the wallets of Americans. The Government wanted them all back.

The US government changed their minds about people using the coin because it was made of gold, and ordered them all to be returned - all except three.
It's really only worth $20 .One side has a majestic eagle on it and the other shows a figure of Liberty. It's made of gold.

Two are in a very famous museum called The Smithsonian, but the third was stolen before it could be destroyed.

It ended up in a collection in Egypt before resurfacing in 1996, when the US Mint - who made the coin in the first place - arranged to buy it back.

They put it on sale at auction in New York, where it was sold for a whopping 7.6 million to an unnamed buyer.

 

Here is some background information about the double eagle. The article that I copied was found off a google search and was written before the sale of the coin. There may have been another double eagle found in a new york bank since this article was written and if you do a google search you may find that information.

February 7, 2002
The United States Government To Sell The Famed 1933 Double Eagle, The Most Valuable Gold Coin In The World
United States Mint Selects Sotheby’s And Stack’s To Sell Renowned Coin On July 30
Back to the U.S. Mint Press Release List

New York, NY – On July 30, 2002 Sotheby’s and Stack’s will offer for sale for the first time, on the behalf of the United States Government, the most valuable gold coin in the world, the fabled and elusive 1933 Double Eagle twenty dollar gold coin.

This is the first time that the United States Government has authorized private ownership of a 1933 Double Eagle.

After it was struck in 1933, President Roosevelt, in one of his first acts as President, took the United States off the gold standard in an effort to help the struggling American economy out of the Great Depression. All of the 1933 Double Eagles were ordered destroyed, but ten specimens are known to have escaped into private hands.However, as they had never been oficially “issued” as United States coinage, they cannot be legally owned.

As a result, nine of the ten specimens were seized by, or turned in to, the United States Secret Service in the 1940s and 50s and were subsequently destroyed.

The remaining 1933 Double Eagle, which will be offered, surfaced in 1996 and was seized by the United States Secret Service. The coin was returned to the United States Mint as a result of the Department of Justice’s settlement of a forfeiture action, and in that landmark legal settlement, this one coin became the only 1933 Double Eagle now or ever authorized for private ownership by the United States Government.

The coin will be sold in a single lot auction at Sotheby’s York Avenue premises in New York on July 30, 2002, and carries an estimate of $4/6 million.

“This storied coin has been the center of international numismatic intrigue for more than seventy years, said Mint Director Henrietta Holsman Fore. “The Mint has certified the authenticity of this legendary 1933 Double Eagle. We will officially transfer full, legal ownership of the coin to the highest bidder at this historic sale.”

“We expect that this coin may become the most valuable coin in the world and one of the most sought-after rarities in history” said David Pickens, Associate Director, United States Mint.

David Redden, Vice Chairman of Sotheby’s, and Lawrence R. Stack, Managing Director of Stack’s, said, “The story of this coin is one of the great numismatic mysteries of all time whose final chapter will be written with this auction. Currently held at United States Gold Bullion Depository at Fort Knox, Kentucky, the coin has an intriguing history which includes seizure by the United States Government, a five-year trial with a landmark resolution and a possible connection to a royal Egyptian Collection dispersed in the 1950s. It is an enormous privilege to be asked by the United States Government to undertake the sale of the ‘Holy Grail’ of the coin collecting world.”

1933 Double Eagles

The twenty dollar gold coin, known as a Double Eagle, was a child of the California Gold Rush, and the massive shipments of ore sent back East. The first Double Eagles were issued to the public in 1850. In 1907, at the behest of President Theodore Roosevelt, the denomination was radically redesigned by famed American sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens. These were struck until 1933 when production of the Double Eagle was discontinued along with all other United States gold coins as a result of Executive Order 6260 issued by President Franklin Roosevelt which, in an effort to aid the struggling American economy, prohibited banks from paying out gold.

According to the United States Government, any Double Eagle struck in 1933 could not be legally owned, because none were officially released to the public. In early 1944, prior to the government’s discovery of the missing 1933 Double Eagles, the Royal Legation of Egypt presented a 1933 Twenty Dollar Double Eagle to the Treasury Department, seeking a license to export the coin to Egypt for King Farouk’s collection. The export license was required for virtually all gold coins under the extensive gold restrictions that had been in effect since March of 1933. Not yet recognizing the significance of an unissued 1933 coin, the Department of the Treasury inadvertently issued the export license and the King Farouk specimen was exported out of the United States.

Within weeks Government officials came to recognize the significance of the 1933 Double Eagle, and discovered the existence of nine other 1933 Double Eagles that illegally left the Mint without ever being issued. Over the next ten years, these nine 1933 Double Eagles were seized or voluntarily turned in to the Department of the Treasury, and were subsequently destroyed.

Possible King Farouk Provenance

In 1954, a 1933 Double Eagle appeared at auction in Cairo, Egypt; Sotheby’s, acting on behalf of the new Republic of Egypt, was selling the astonishing collections assembled by the deposed King Farouk. King Farouk was one of the greatest coin collectors of all time, though it was not until this auction that the world learned of his remarkable achievement – the collection comprised more than 8,500 gold coins and the sale itself took nine days. Lot 185 in that auction contained a 1933 Double Eagle. Learning of the offering, the United States Treasury successfully requested that the coin be withdrawn from the sale. After this, the whereabouts of the coin remained a mystery for nearly half a century. It has been suggested, in sworn depositions, that the present coin is the King Farouk coin, and there is significant evidence that it was part of the famed collection, including the fact that no other 1933 Double Eagle is known to exist or has ever been identified.

The location of the present coin, since its minting in 1933, had been a mystery until 1996 when it was seized at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York as respected and leading British coin dealer, Stephen Fenton, attempted to sell it to Secret Service agents who were posing as coin collectors. The legal proceedings which lasted five years, ultimately resulting in a ground-breaking settlement which specifically allows this particular Double Eagle, nearly seventy years after its production, to be the only 1933 Double Eagle permitted to be privately owned.

The Auction

Part of the intrigue surrounding the coin is the fact that it has existed in limbo for nearly seventy years. In the eyes of the United States Treasury, up until now, the coin has had no monetary value and its possession could result in a possible imprisonment. Associate Director Pickens confirmed, “upon auction the coin will be officially released for private ownership and it will become official U.S. coinage. At the sale, the final purchase price will be increased by $20, which will go to the United States Treasury General Fund. In other words, the United States Government will be “issuing” one 1933 Double Eagle for the first (and only) time at this historic sale.”

The new owner of the coin will be given an official Certificate of Transfer that makes the coin legal to own. Given the complex issues surrounding the elusive 1933 Double Eagle, this Certificate of Transfer, will be itself historically significant.

Sotheby’s and Stack’s

This sale represents a partnership of Sotheby’s, whose history of coin auctions stretches back to 1755, and Stack’s, an American numismatic firm whose first coin sale was held in 1935. Most recently, in October 2001, Sotheby’s and Stack’s worked together to sell the fabled Dallas Bank Collection for $7.8 million.

Contact: Michael White (202) 354-7222, U.S. Mint

Website: www.usmint.gov




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Doesn't everyone know that there are 10 more St. Laurent's Gold coins found? http://www.pngdealers.com/public/pressreleases.cfm?article=28

Perhaps 7.6 million for that coin might be too exaggerated right now if all 11 coins are to be sold at the same time.

If you want a list of world excessively rare coins, here is some that I can think of right now:

Russia 1825 Konstantine Ruble over half million USD,
Trial China 1982 100 gold yuan minted in platinum, over 100,000USD ...

Perhaps, it might be better to describe what kind of range you are looking for? What country? And perhaps explain in details what exactly you would like to do?

 

I remember a thread on that gxseries but I didn't want to state it without documentation. Thanks for the additional facts, perhaps it will help the kid get started on the right track.

 

"Hate to tell you this - but that is not the worlds most expensive coin.

Back in 1989 a coin went up for auction - a gold 1000 mohur struck in India. The coin is unique - one of a kind and it weighs - if memory serves - approx 12 kilos

During the bidding - the high bid reached $10 million. But the coin did not sell - the bid was not high enough for the owner" GDJMSP.

Thanks GDJMSP. I hope you don't mind that I quoted you but I felt that gleam of information on the coin from India that you mentioned should be posted
again. Going to look up that coin myself now for some fun .

 

Pictures Of 2 Of The World's Most Expensive

COINS

1000 MOHUR , INDIA , AGRA , 1613 VALUE: 10 MILLION $

http://members.tripod.com/~GILAD_ZUCKERMAN/1000mohur.gif

100000 EURO , AUSTRIA , 2004 , WEIGHT: 1000 Oz.

http://members.tripod.com/~GILAD_ZUCKERMAN/100000_EURO_1000_OZ_GOLD_COIN.JPG

20 DOLLARS , USA , 1933 , PRICE: 7590020 $

 

Slight correction....two are in The Smithsonian Museum collection. One of them is currently on loan at the Numismatic Museum located in the Federal Reserve Building in New York City....two blocks from Ground Zero. If your ever in NYC, be sure to check it out. Its a free museum if you don't mind VERY heavy security Beautiful coin

 

Don't forget the following coins:

1913 Liberty nickel (5 total known)

1894-S dime (24 minted - maybe half survive)

1870-S $2 1/2 (unique - Bass Collection)

2007 Canada $1 Million Gold Coin (100 kg. or 220 lb. - at $812/oz the melt value of the coin is $2,143,680)

 

Canada's rarest coin, 1911 silver dollar.

Only two are known to still be in existance, one is owned by the royal bank, another was sold in an auction for 640,000

Most valuable penny is the 1936 dot sold for 230,000.

http://www.canadiancoin.com/coin_ar...nets+almost+$3+million+US+in+New+York+auction+

 

Am not really familiar with Russian coins but the 1825 Constantine Ruble is famous. Seems that seven pieces exist; one was auctioned in New York in 2004 and brought $525,000 ... and Russian coins are apparently sought after these days.

As for coins from my country (Fed. Rep. Germany), well, the first ones were made in 1950. And most pieces are relatively inexpensive. The 5 DM coin 1958J goes up to €5,000 in excellent (BU) condition, and you pay about €4,000 for the proof version of the first commem (1952). As for "Germany" in a broader historic sense, there is the Brandenburg Portugalöser (10 Dukaten) 1584, for example, that fetched about €200,000 eight years ago.

Christian

 

1911 canadian silver dollar, 2007 1 million dollar canadian gold coin and 1000 reiscoin with a castle on it.

 

what does my user cp have to do with the worlds most expensive coin?

 

dont forget the 1000 mohur coins issued by the mughal emperor shahjahan (my gav coin) about $15 milion.

 

This tread is amlost a year old. I think he's already passed in his schoolwork.:desk: