The Gold Eagle was the largest denomination in the US coinage system from 1795 to 1933 (until gold coins were banned from circulation). The denominations in use at that time were the mill, the cent (10 mills), the dime (10 cents), the dollar (10 dimes), and the Eagle (10 dollars)....
The website Coin Trackers made a report of the most valuable pennies ever minted in the United States.The database of this specialized site is made up almost entirely of coins from 1880 to 2023- coins that are more easily accessible and possibly still in circulation. Here thefive most valuab...
As ever, rarity was key to its value. Only ten such coins were known to exist. This one was in excellent condition, with just a tiny crack on the reverse – not bad for a coin over 1,600 years old. And as with the Sestertius of Hadrian, the engravers of this coin were key to ...
The Coronet Head ten dollar coins are considered to be of amazing value. While there is a wide range of values, you could easily get at least $1,100 for those in “Fine” condition, with many dates and mint marks worth thousands more than that. In “Extremely Fine” condition these ten...
Only six of these massive gold coins were initially made, each weighing an astounding 100 kilograms of pure gold. And when we say "pure gold," we mean *really* pure: Each coin is struck from .99999 fine gold, meaning they are 99.999% pure. In terms of face value, the Big Maple is...
So just how valuable can a copper coin really be? Well, the 1930 penny was never intended for circulation. But somehow a handful of coins still found their way into circulation. Not as fine in quality as the proofs, they can nevertheless command prices of around AUS $20,000. That’s ar...
It was graded SP66 by the PCGS, meaning it’s a specimen coin. That means it falls slightly short of the quality of a proof coin, but is better than standard currency coins made for circulation. The 66 is scored out of a possible total of 70. It means the coin is well struck, with...
The coins caused a stir when they appeared in circulation and helped fuel a surge in coin collecting during the 1950s and early ‘60s. Many coin collectors still consider it to be the "Holy Grail" error coin. The 1955 doubled die penny shows heavy doubling in the inscriptions on the ...
One of the last gold coins ever minted for circulation in the United States fetched a record price of $18.9 million. In the early 1900s, President Theodore Roosevelt asked the best sculptor in the country at the time, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, to make the super expensive piece. The final for...
Danish coins are in circulation in the Faroe Islands, but they have their own banknotes. Contrary to popular misconception, the Faroese krone is not an independent currency – it is a specially designed Danish krone. Denmark is another member of the EU that still hasn’t adopted the euro and...