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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;love old coins, post: 7484527, member: 118381&quot;]From Smithsonian:&nbsp; A one-of-a-kind <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">coin</a> struck at the United States Mint in 1794 sold at <a href="https://www.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/copper-prototype-of-first-u.s.-dollar-brings-840-000-at-heritage-auctions.s?releaseId=4165?type=social-twitter-PR-www-coins-coins-1329-042321" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ha.com/heritage-auctions-press-releases-and-news/copper-prototype-of-first-u.s.-dollar-brings-840-000-at-heritage-auctions.s?releaseId=4165?type=social-twitter-PR-www-coins-coins-1329-042321" rel="nofollow">Heritage Auctions</a> last week for $840,000—significantly more than its estimate of $350,000 to $500,000.</p><p>According to the auction <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">listing</a>, the coin—dubbed the “No Stars Flowing Hair” dollar—“has a strong claim to being the first dollar struck by the U.S. Mint.” Its obverse, or front side, was minted from a <a href="https://www.coinnews.net/2007/07/06/what-is-a-coin-die-are-they-worth-anything/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.coinnews.net/2007/07/06/what-is-a-coin-die-are-they-worth-anything/" rel="nofollow">different die</a> than the famed Flowing Hair coins, making it unique among an already singular class of coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the 1,748 Flowing Hair dollars issued by the Mint in 1794, just <a href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://coins.ha.com/itm/patterns/1794-dt-1-dollar-judd-18-pollock-27-unique-vf25-pcgs-pcgs-11049-/a/1329-4190.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515" rel="nofollow">140 to 150</a> survive today. An <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-most-expensive-coin-be-auctioned-180975705/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/worlds-most-expensive-coin-be-auctioned-180975705/" rel="nofollow">exceptionally well-preserved</a> specimen <a href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2EQBC/1794-flowing-hair-silver-dollar-b-1-bb-1-the-only-known-dies-rarity-4-bb-die-state-i-silver-plug-specimen-66-pcgs-cac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://auctions.stacksbowers.com/lots/view/3-2EQBC/1794-flowing-hair-silver-dollar-b-1-bb-1-the-only-known-dies-rarity-4-bb-die-state-i-silver-plug-specimen-66-pcgs-cac" rel="nofollow">sold</a> for $10,016,875 in 2013, marking the highest price ever paid at auction for a single coin. <img src="https://thumbs-prod.si-cdn.com/ChCvgBKjUZrhlPqxjs8OLgWdxUA=/fit-in/1072x0/filters:focal(905x429:906x430)/https://public-media.si-cdn.com/filer/79/1f/791fb6fa-5f94-4c22-82a7-52abfc51b978/nnc-us-1795-1-flowing_hair.jpeg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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