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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 997787, member: 11521&quot;]Rarest <b>AND</b> most expensive? </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are a number of unique coins and you don&#039;t get any more rare than that. (Unique means only one exists.) We had a thread here a year or two ago where there was a huge discussion about which coin is the rarest. Amazingly, even after a few example of unique coins were cited, some people still thought certain coins with 2 to 20 known examples were more rare. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>An example of a unique coin is the 1870-S $3 in the Bass Collection (currently on display in the ANA Museum). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The most expensive coin is the only 1933 Double Eagle that is legal to own. It sold for $7.59 million. But there are at least 10 more known surviving examples of this coin (with many, many more thought to be hidden away until their legal status is determined). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So what coin is the rarest AND the most expensive. I don&#039;t know. You would have to determine how much weight to give to the number of known examples and the highest price paid. Take the 1913 Liberty Nickel - there are 5 examples of this coin and one sold earlier this year for $3,737,500. The coin sold for half the price of the &#039;33 Double Eagle but there are less than half the number of known examples (5 vs 11). </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>So to answer your question, that is a tough question to answer.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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