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No.1
Flowing Hair Dollar
Price: $7.85million
Flowing Hair Dollar, a rare coin tops the list of worlds most expensive coins. IRVINE a
Laguna Beach resident sold this coin, minted in 1794 in silver, from his rare coin collection
which he refers to as a national treasure. It was sold for $7,850,000, making it the worlds most
expensive coin. Throughout history, this dollar-coin issued in 1794 has always been considered
one of the rarest and most valuable of all United States coins. For this rare coin, the deal was
sealed between Steven Contursi, president of Rare Coin Wholesalers of Irvine, and Sunnyvalebased Cardinal Collection Education Foundation. Reports say that the coin was earlier purchased
from the Knoxville Collection in 2003.
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1933 Double Eagle
No.3
Rare Edward III
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Price: $4,140,000
This coin was minted in the year 1834 and claims to be the worlds fourth most expensive coin.
The coin has very unique history. At the time of its minting, it was divided into Classes, where
only 15 specimens were shown. Eight specimens comprised Class I, which were minted in 1834.
One coin comprising Class II and six Class III, were minted between 1858 and 1860. The coin
was put in display as part of the King of Siams collection, where it was given the name the
King of Coins. The fourth most expensive coin in the world was purchased by a coin collector
in year 2001, who bought the entire set of coins from the King of Siam for $4.14 million.
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Queen Elizabeth II
Price: $4 million
The worlds largest gold coin (weighing a hefty 100 kilos) was minted by the Royal Canadian
Mint, with maple leaves on one side and Queen Elizabeth II on the other. It fetched $4 million in
an auction at the Dorotheum auction house, Austria. Its purity is 99.999 percent, the purest type
in the market. The coin was purchased for more than its face value of $1 million.
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No.7
Price: $3,700,000
The 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of the most expensive coins in the world, is actually an
American five-cent rare coin. The coin is said to be a rare one because it was produced in very
limited quantities and that too without the authority of the United States Mint. In 1972, one
specimen of this rare coin became first to command a price of US $100,000. Then in 1996,
another specimen broke the earlier record, the million-US dollar barrier. It was said that if one
finds it in a perfect condition, it could even cost him over 20 million dollars. In the year 2003,
one coin was sold for almost US $3 million. Finally in 2010, the Olsen piece was again sold for
US $3.7 million at a public auction. Reports say that only five examples are known to exist now:
two in museums and three in private collections.
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Price: $2,990,000
This coin has been claimed as the worlds seventh most expensive coin. The Saint-Gaudens
double eagle is a twenty dollar gold coin produced by the US mint between 1907 and 1933. The
coin is considered to be most beautiful US coin produced till date. This very rare coin features
the image of Miss Liberty striving gloriously into the future holding a torch in her right hand. It
is said that 12,367 of these coins were struck in 1907, while 4,45,500 Double Eagles were minted
with the date of year 1933. None were released into circulation because of changes made to
currency laws during the Great Depression. These coins easily top the $10,000 price in circulated
grades, but in a recent auction, the value of this one of the most expensive coin of its time was
quoted as $2,990,000.
No.10
Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing
Price: $2,415,000
We have mentioned earlier the gold coins made by gold- and silversmith Ephraim Brasher. Here
is another specimen of a most expensive coin, coming also from his mint, the Brasher Doubloon
EB on Wing. The coin was also minted in 1787. The main difference between Brasher Doubloon
EB on Breast and Brasher Doubloon EB on Wing is that the EB on Breast has the signature
where the sign EB is printed on his breast while in the other case, the EB is printed on
eagles wing. However, this is another one of the worlds most expensive coin which got sold at a
public auction for the price of $2,415,000.
Apart from this list of coins, there are a number of other coins known for their exceptional high
value.
No.11
Pedro I coronation coin
Price: $138,000
An exceptionally rare 19th century Brazilian coin, which was produced for the coronation of
Pedro I, made staggering $138,000 in a week long sale held in Chicago from April 25 to May 1.
A total of 6,400 reiss pieces of coins were produced at short notice to mark the inauguration of
Pedro I, who is best known for founding the Brazilian empire and was loved by his citizens. The
coin is one of only 64 ever made, and Pedro disliked being portrayed as a Roman emperor with a
laurel wreath around his head.
No.12
Earliest Saudi gold dinar from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Price: $1 million
Originally struck to coincide with the Umayyad Caliph Umar bin Abd al-Azizs own pilgrimage,
the rare, and earliest known Saudi gold Dinar Hashimi, to name a locality in the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, had been sold for $1 million as part of auctioneer Baldwin UK auction of Islamic
coins. Regarded as the most important coin ever struck in the Arabian Peninsula, it was struck
circa AD723 from gold mine at the MaDan Amir al-Mumini bil Hijaz the Mine of the
Commander of the Faithful in the Hijaz.
No.13
Most Expensive Australian Holey Dollar
Price: $508,000
One of Australias first coin created in the early 1800s, named Holey Dollar fetched $508,000,
a new world record price for an Australian coin. The rare Austrain Holey Dollar was fashioned
from a Spanish silver dollar and was originally created to address coins shortage in the new
colony of New South Wales founded in Australia in 1788. The coins were removed from
circulation between 1826 and 1829 and melted for their silver. The auction was held in
Melbourne, Australia, and the buyer was a private collector from the Australian state of Western
Australia. The auctioned coin is one of the finest specimens of Holey Dollars in existence.
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