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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;kaparthy, post: 997797, member: 57463&quot;]<b>Unique, maybe, but it only cost $150 ...</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There are many unique coins in the world.&nbsp; I have one.&nbsp; I found others of the <b>type</b> in catalogs, but none with the same reverse dies -- and, yes, we believe multiple hand-held driving dies, which is why the patterns differ.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH]96339.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]96340.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">Miletos c. 550 BCE electrum one-sixth stater 2.37 grams </font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">attributions - BMC Ionia III.7; SNG Von Aulock 1796; Babelon 167,IV,33 also Tracte platez I-14 and I-20; Boston Weidnauer 130/129; Waggoner Rosen PO 221/2465; SNG Kayhan 442 -- </font></p><p><font face="Comic Sans MS">again, all close, but not mine.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>In <i>Confessions of a Numismatic Fanatic</i>, Frank S. Robinson tells of being a boy and his coin buddies were excited about&nbsp; the recent sale of a Brasher Doubloon.&nbsp; Robinson was nonplussed.&nbsp; Having taken an interest in Chinese coins and ancients, he had several that were unique and therefore as rare as (the Lima) or rarer than the other three.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also Mint figures were problematic because of the difference between the Calendar year and the Fiscal year.&nbsp; Walter Breen sorted much of it out, but much remains uncertain.&nbsp; The 1854-S Half Eagle is another Million Dollar Coin, though supposedly 268 were struck.&nbsp; In comparison, the 1841-O Half Eagle is recorded at 50, but none is known.</p><p>You can go through the Red Book and find others. </p><p><br /></p><p>The 1849 Double Eagle is considered a Pattern and there are other unique patterns known.&nbsp; See <a href="http://www.uspatterns.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uspatterns.com/" rel="nofollow">U.S. Patterns</a>, the website of the collectors club.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>What price coins bring at auction is the result of many factors. Without demand, supply is irrelevant to price.&nbsp; Demand is created by books and articles.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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