Most expensive coin sales

This hub is to show you all the most expensive collector coin sales in history.If you have read my other hubs you know I love coin collecting.It is a very interesting,and profitable hobby.If you haven't read my other history of coins hubs,the links are here:

History of coins links

	1926 SAINT GAUDENS $20 GOLD DOUBLE EAGLE PCGS MS66 GEM Current Bid: $4399.00
	2009 Ultra High Relief $20 Gold Double Eagle PCGS MS70 Current Bid: $1885.00
	1853 $20 GOLD LIBERTY DOUBLE EAGLE PCGS XF-45 FROSTY PQ Current Bid: $1900.00
	15 MINI ST GAUDENS DOUBLE EAGLE GOLD COIN BULLION/BAR Current Bid: $9.99
	1910-D $20 St Gaudens Double Eagle Gold Coin NGC MS65!! Current Bid: $2695.00
	1987,1990,2004 $5 DOUBLE EAGLE gold coins. Current Bid: $393.00

Most Expensive

The highest price paid for any one coin was $7,590,020.00.The reason behind the outrageous price is quite interesting.

In the 1930's the U.S. was in a crunch.The banks had a crisis.To save it Franklin Roosevelt and his cabinet made it illegal to own gold with the gold reserve act.All 1933 gold double eagles were supposed to be melted.Some were stolen and one ended up in the hands of King Farouk of Egypt.

When the King was ousted in a coup the coin disappeared.It reappeared in the hands of a British coin dealer.The United States treasury cofiscated the coin and it was sold at auction in 2002.The extra $20 at the end was for the treasury to monetize the coin to make it legal for a collector to own.

The owner is a secret.

There have been ten more of these coins confiscated and are currently being held in Ft. Knox.

1804 Draped Bust

Another high-dollar sale was the Eliasberg speciman of the coin you see at the right.It was a proof 65 and sold for $1,815,000 in 1997.

The coin here is the Child's speciman and is proof 68.If it goes up for auction,be ready for bids to reach well over $2,000,000.

	Replica 1799 Draped Bust 90%Silver Dollar COPY Current Bid: $30.00
	1796 DRAPED BUST HALF DOLLAR SILVER .50c GEM COPY PROOF Current Bid: $21.95

	1912 Liberty Head Nickel, ANACS Graded MS63 Current Bid: $104.95
	1911 P LIBERTY HEAD NICKEL VARIETY 2 GOOD GRADED COIN Current Bid: $.99
	1910 LIBERTY V NICKEL GRADED NGC MS 64 GORGEOUS COIN!! Current Bid: $265.00
	1911 LIBERTY V NICKEL PROOF CAMEO PCGS GRADED PR66CAM Current Bid: $2995.00

Only Five known

In 1913 the mint was switching from the Liberty or "V" nickel to the Buffalo nickel.No Liberty nickels were to be minted.Somehow five slipped out of the mint.

The Eliasberg speciman went up for auction in 1996 and sold for $1,485,000.

I keep looking in my change hoping to find one.

	1906 US $2 1/2 DOLLAR LIBERTY NGC GRADED GOLD COIN UNC Current Bid: $1449.99
	1923 (GOLD DOLLAR) 20.00 GOLD PC:GRADED MS-63 ANACS Current Bid: $1600.00
	1907 TEN DOLLAR GOLD CERT. FR-1171 GRADED BY CGA- VF30 Current Bid: $400.00

	1912 S $5 Gold coin, Graded EF 45 Current Bid: $348.00
	Hardwood Display Case For 24 NGC Graded Coins Morgan Current Bid: $65.00
	2006 AMERICAN EAGLE $25 1/2oz GOLD COIN NGC GRADED MS69 Current Bid: $654.00
	2001 Silver Eagle NGC Graded MS 69 - Great Coin!!! Current Bid: $22.72

	1952 WL ICCS GRADED SILVER DOLLARMS-63 Current Bid: $38.06
	ANACS graded 1935 AU58 Silver Dollar CV $40 NO Res! Current Bid: $22.50
	1921 D MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR - NGC GRADED AU Current Bid: $17.72

1999 Liberty $10 Platinum Coin Graded ANACS MS-69

Current Bid: $123.50

Theft

Just recently there was a theft of approx. $2,000,000 in coins from SIMCO in Ohio.I am putting a list of those coins here:

Date Denom. Grading Svc. Grade Cert #1893-S $1 PCGS MS65 4501683

1884 Trade $1 PCGS PR50 5651088

1895 $1 PCGS PR67 1376127

1895-O $1 PCGS MS64 05700144

1895-O $1 PCGS MS62 4981148

1895-O $1 PCGS MS61 9790601

1884-S $1 NGC MS63 Eliasberg

1884-S $1 NGC MS62 275845-001 1892-S $1 NGC MS62 693511-001

1889-CC $1 NGC MS64DPL 650354-010

1889-CC $1 NGC MS62 348996-002

1886-O $1 NGC MS63DPL 688352-047

1903-S $1 PCGS MS66 8453503

1918/17-D 5c PCGS MS62 6582846

1795 $1 NGC AU58 Carter 56297-001

If you happen upon any of these coins please follow this link and report it!

Larry Shepherd

SIMCO Numismatics

P.O. Box 54867

Cincinnati, OH 45254

513-702-4466 Cell

859-635-6226 Office

mailto:simco@fuse.net

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compu-smart says:
2 years ago

Wow, now this is one hot hub and some hot prices too! I love the history and it's amazing how pieces of metalic elements can cost so much money!

manitobagold says:
2 years ago

Great information on coins.

Canada just made a 100 kg pure gold coin with a face value of $1,000,000 however it is already worth much more with gold passing the $960 per oz mark.

kartik sareen says:
18 months ago

sir i kartik,resident of india delhi,havin a coin of the time of god.during the time of lord krishna...it ws given by my ancestors.so if i wanna sell it then..wht is the procedure.

kartik_yit@rediffmail.com

Froggy213 says:
18 months ago

I would very much like to see your coin--I have found e-bay to be one of the best places to sell.

Manmeet Sharma says:
15 months ago

A North Indian Coin from region of PUNJAB and depicts the Sikh faith. A rare coin purportedly minted 260 years ago in 1748 by one of the Sikh missals. (Minted 1804 is Hindu calendar call Vikram Smavat started 56 years ahead of Georgian Calendar) The coin made of an alloy resembling bronze, bears picture of the first Guru on observe (Date Side) exergues reads Sant Kartar and the tenth Guru on the reverse side. While Guru Nanak Dev is flanked by Bhai Mardana and Bhai Bala, holding rabab(Violin like instrument) and chaur(Hand-held Fan) in their hands, a bai is seen sitting near Guru Gobind Singh. Also shown in the picture are the khrawan (slipper made of wood) and a lota(small water pot). Mr Amarjit Singh Sidhu, a Sikh historian, agreed to the claim and maintained that the ambiguity about the pictorial and mohar coins was due to lack of concern shown by successive governments about the Sikh history. It was certainly after October 14, 1745, that the chief of missals started minting coins in the names of the ten Gurus. The very fact the coin bears pictures of the first and the tenth Guru shows that it was not minted during the regime of any sovereign ruler, pointed Mr Sidhu. Referring to the pages of history, Mr Sidhu said each chief tried to strengthen his hold over the areas under his control and even started minting coins. A number of mints in Amritsar and one at Anandgarh came into existence. But a special feature of these mints was that coins were minted by all in the name of the Sikh Gurus as had been the traditional practice and no chief put his name on these coins or even changed the legend. One side of the coin Guru Nanak Dev Ji EK ONKAR engraved in Gurmukhi Skript and other side of the coin with Bhai Bala & Mardana with Rebab (a musical Instrument) in his hand hi i wanna sell my 43 antique coin collection let me know if interested here are the coin details 1) Sant kartar coin year 18042) 2 coins Pakistan one anna year 19483) Portuguesa estado india 1$ year 1959 and 1958,$60 1959 and 19584) 3 coins Georgivs v dei gra britt omn rex fid def ind imp 1917 and 1911 and 1936 one penny5) George 4 king emperor 1944 1 rupee, 2 coins of 1 anna 19446) 2 coins East Africa 1952 and1941 10cents7) East india company half anna 1835 8) One quarter anna india 1956,1936,19259) Portuguesa estado india 30 centavos 1958,2 coins 1 tanga 1952,1/4 rupia 1952,10 centavos 1958,195910) Azad hind coin 15th august 1947 1 square and 1 round locket coin11) 1 pice india 1943,1944,2 coins 195112) 2 annas india 194313) 25 cents 195114) 5mils 1910 palestine15) ½ anna 193916) Afrika borwa 1909 20c17) 5 cents 1944 india18) Shree jobaji rao shinde coin aadha aana 190919) Four urdu written religious coins sharma.manmeet@yahoo.co.in