What is the World's rarest coin?

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How about the Million Dollar Gold Maple Leaf? Only 5 were minted and it must be your lucky day because APMEX has one of them for sale. It contains 100 Kilograms of Gold. The current gold value of this coin is over 3.1 million dollars. They are asking only 5% over spot for the coin.

http://apmex.com/milliondollarcoin/Default.aspx

 

There were three of them put up for auction in September 2008; one sold. Still fairly rare.

http://www.coinarchives.com/w/lotviewer.php?LotID=592938&AucID=432&Lot=584&Match=1

 

Maybe I'm missing it, but none of the coins on that page are 1848.

 

You're right, I was concentrating on the type, not the date.

Post in haste, repent at leisure.

 

The key here is the date. This particular date of the type has just recently been recognized as a major rarity as people have started tallying up auction records. All other dates of the type which ran from 1848-1856 ( 6 dates in total) are plentiful, each date appearing 2-10 times every year.
By contrast, the 1848 was last seen at auction in 1892, and has not been seen since. The expert opinion is that this was my specimen.

For all the rarity, it is still only one date of a series, of one of the many German states of the period.....albeit a major German state (Hessen); so wide collector demand is not there. Still nice to have though.

 

the only problem with that coin GD is that both of us couldnt lift it. there were 2 examples ( many more but no one here wants a lesson on shahjahan mohurs plus the guy who wrote about it in pcgs is a certified baboon) the 1000 mohurs and the 100 mohurs. i will complete the spock collection when both of those are acquired and need less to say ull be on the plane with me when we go to buy along with some experts and a few other selected invites (maybe they will help lift ).

 

what happened to my avtaar pic?

 

I agree with Eduard
There may be more 'copies' of a certain coin made, but how often do you see 'em. If there are 10 copies, but no one selling. Pretty rare indeed. As you cannot get your hands on it.
So rarity is a function of availability and demand. If no demand, then even tho a few examples, readily available - not rare.

 

there were dozens made GD he had a habbit of making extravagant coins. the 1000 mohurs is only one and the sam guy has a 100 mohur as well. he even sent 5 of those giant coins to the king of persia.

Of course i will pay for the trip we also make you in charge of rounding up the experts we are of course paying for the coin not for the gold

 

we will also need Peter and the powers of persuasion he brings to the table

 

Your right-mintage doesn't mean much. I have several BU 1958 British Carribean half cents. Mintage 200. Value--$3.00
Olmanjon

 

small mintage sometimes works against the coin if it is so small and unknown then there is no demand.

Ruben

 

hmmm, what about an 1895 morgan, a circulation strike.

 

There may be no such thing. 12,000 were minted but all are believed to have been melted. All known circulated 1895 Morgans are thought to be circulated Proofs.

 

The 1000 mohur coin's weight is approx 12 kilos and you are right that there is only one coin in existence.

Regards,
Ballabh Garg

 

I didn't know that! Thanks. So how many are proofs out there?

Ruben

 

880 were minted.

 

You need to read "Jahangirnama" (also know as Turk-e-Jahangiri), Jahangir's autobiography written by himself. This book provides exact numbers as how many 1000 and 100 mohurs coins were minted.

Regards,
Ballabh Garg