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People collect all kinds of things from coins to comics to stamps some of them hoping that someday these items might fetch a good price in the market.
Let's take a look at some of the most expensive coins ever sold in the United States.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1787 Brasher Doubloon
Estimated Value: Priceless
Rank: 1
This is one of the only gold colonial coins to be produced.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1877 Fifty Dollar Pattern
Estimated Value: Priceless
Rank: 2
This is a unique experimental coin.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1906 Barber Double Eagle
Estimated Value: Priceless
Rank: 3
This is a unique experimental coin made during the Colonial Era.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1804 Bust Dollar
Estimated Value: $7.5 million
Rank: 4
The 1804 Bust Dollar is considered one of the most famous US coins because of its rarity.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1822 Half Eagle
Estimated Value: $5 million
Rank: 5
This five-dollar piece is one of the only three of its kind known to still exist.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1907 Ultra-High-Relief Double Eagle
Estimated Value: $3 million
Rank: 6
This coin is considered to be the most beautiful ever struck.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1839 Ten-Dollar Proof
Estimated Value: $1 million
Rank: 7
There are less than five known samples of this ten-dollar proof.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1652 New England Shilling
Estimated Value: $500,000
Rank: 8
This coin is one of the first colonial-issued coins.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1793 Chain Cent
Estimated Value: $500,000
Rank: 9
The Chain Cent was one of the first US coins to be mass-produced.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1794 Bust Dollar
Estimated Value: $500,000
Rank: 10
This Bust Dollar was created the first year silver dollars were produced by the US Mint.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1838-O Half Dollar
Estimated Value: $500,000
Rank: 11
This coin is a rarity because it is one of the first US coins struck at a branch mint, which is an extension of the national mint. The 'O' signifies the coin was minted at the branch in New Orleans.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1880 Four Dollar Gold
Estimated Value: $500,000
Rank: 12
This coin is unique because it was part of a group minted as a two-year experimental type.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1933 Ten Dollar Gold Coin
Estimated Value: $300,000
Rank: 13
This coin was produced the last year the US. Mint struck gold coins for currency.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1795 Five-Dollar Gold Coin
Estimated Value: $150,000
Rank: 14
This five-dollar gold coin was made the first year gold coins were produced in the United States.
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Most expensive coins ever sold in the market
Photographs: Source: Smithsonian Institution Collection
1838 Half Eagle
Estimated Value: $100,000
Rank: 15
This Half Eagle was created during the first year the coins were produced.
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