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Valued Member
United States
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The most expensive I've held is the $10M 1794 $1 and the most expensive I've purchased personally is $260K.
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United States
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You must really get around and have a strong financial backing, SmallEagle. That's impressive. I've seen the $10 million 1794 dollar before; I've seen the 1834 King of Siam proof set with an 1804 dollar a $10 million dollar set; and I've held the finest-known 1913 Liberty nickel, a $4 million coin, which was held in a capsule of bullet-proof glass surrounded by four armed security guards, and was presented alongside the other four nickels, the first time in history since Col. Green owned them that the five were in the same place together.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I think this thread works better as " what is the most expensive coin you have seen or held " more than what is the most expensive coin you can look up on the internet. The most expensive that I have seen was the 1933 Double Eagle at the New York Gallery of American History. The most expensive that I have held, is a 1880s NGC MS69 Morgan dollar, at $34,000
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I remember those Dave :-)
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United States
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I don't exactly have an image or memory of what coin show, but I remember seeing a PCGS PR-67 Liberty double eagle that was worth a few hundred thousand. The guy wouldn't let me hold it, and was uncomfortable with me looking at it. I think I would, too, if I had a quarter-million dollars condensed into a four inch rectangle slab, sitting in front of me.
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United States
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I've been lucky to have held in hand several 1804 dollars, 3 1913 Liberty nickels at once, both counterstamped Brasher doubloons and a quite a few multi $100K coins (mostly patterns) all pre slab era. Cool, but there are still a few I'd love to get my hands on time with for some in depth study, like some of the tough 1794 Sheldon large cents in high grade, and some of the really hard to find 2 cent error coins (the big ones) capped dies, double struck, off center more than 50%, etc. Most of the ultra rarities came to me while taking a course with Q. David Bowers at the ANA Summer Seminar while still a YN and in high school, made me a life long collector, I went from putting lincoln cents, searched out of grab bags into albums to holding some of the world's rarest coins, totally mind blown, Mr. Bowers was a huge influence, just to be in the same room with him and listening and learning from him for a whole week changed everything I thought I knew about coins.
"Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440
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United States
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If you guys want to go by seen in person, I have to say 5k dollars.... Yep, that's right. :(
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United States
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I got to hold this in my grubby hands. Too far from the exit to make it. 
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United States
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My friends dad has a 1916-D merc graded MS-66 FB by PCGS. It is worth right around $60,000.
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 Canada
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At Torex one year the 1911 Canadian dollar at Coinex in London Edward VIII 1937 sovereign.
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Valued Member
United States
188 Posts |
I own 2 1909 S VDBs graded MS 64 and 65. These are the most valuable coins I recall seeing.
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Australia
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There is a unique ONE TONNE gold bullion coin available for sale, and on public display at the Perth Mint. It has a legal tender face value of $1 million. It has exactly the same designs (Elizabeth 11 obv., kangaroo rev.), as the Perth Mint standard range of gold bullion 1/10 ounce to one kilo coins. You can stand next to it, and lay your grubby hands all over it, if you want to! Maybe a little hard to get it into a standard coin album, though.  How much is one tonne of gold worth? I dunno; I'll let you calculate that for yourself. 
Edited by sel_69l 06/16/2014 10:01 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Quote: All my images.
The cheapest among them is probably a $150K coin, and two are 7-figure pieces. I guess they didn't send the 1793 in because of the rim bump 
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New Member
United States
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I had the pleasure of holding a proof 1839 eagle (type of '38) and an MS66 1927-D $20 at the Charlotte ANA about 10 years ago... million-plus dollar coins each. It was a great experience!
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United States
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I have held a 1913 V nickel before. I almost dropped it when the guy put it in my hands!
Edited by ksammut 06/20/2014 8:10 pm
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