The following list is a chart of the most expensive coins. Most of these are auction prices. Several private sale prices over $2m are not in this list yet.
Price | Year | Type | Grade | Issuing country | Provenance | Firm | Date of sale |
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$18,900,000 | 1933 | 1933 double eagle | MS-65 CAC | United States | King Farouk of Egypt | Sotheby's [1] | June 8, 2021 |
$12,000,000 | 1794 | Flowing Hair dollar | SP-66 CAC | United States | Neil, Carter | Private sale [2] | January 24, 2013 |
$9,360,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing | MS-65 CAC | privately minted | Stickney, Ellsworth, Garrett, Partrick | Heritage Auctions [3] | January 21, 2021 |
$8,400,000 | 1822 | Half Eagle | AU-50 | United States | Virgil Brand, Horace and Armin Brand, Louis E. Eliasberg, Sr. and Jr., D. Brent Pogue | Stacks Bowers [4] | March 25, 2021 |
$7,680,000 | 1804 | 1804 dollar | PR-68 | United States | Sultan of Muscat, Charles A. Watters, Virgil M. Brand, Childs, Pogue | Stacks Bowers [5] | August 18, 2021 |
$7,395,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Breast | AU-50 | privately minted | Blanchard and Company (private transaction) [6] | December 2011 | |
$7,200,000 | 1861 | Paquet Liberty Head double eagle | MS-67 CAC | United States | Norweb | Heritage Auctions [7] | August 18, 2021 |
$6,900,000 | 1903 | Fengtien Tael | China | Beijing Chengxuan Auction [8] | August 12, 2022 | ||
$6,600,000 | 1794 | Flowing Hair dollar | MS-66+ CAC | United States | Lord St. Oswald, Hayes, Pogue | Heritage Auctions [9] | August 18, 2021 |
$6,029,400 | 723 | Umayyad Gold Dinar | Umayyad Caliphate | Morten & Eden [10] | April 2011 | ||
$5,500,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing | MS-63+ | privately minted | Newlin, Davis, Perschke | Heritage Auctions (private transaction) [11] | March 2019 |
$5,280,000 | 1804 | $10 Proof Eagle - DCAM | PR-65+ CAC | United States | Woodin, Col. Green, Simpson | Heritage Auctions [12] | January 2021 |
$5,000,000 | 1913 | 1913 Liberty Head nickel - 5 cents | PR-66 CAC | United States | Eliasberg | Ronald J. Gillio (private transaction) [13] [14] | April 2007 |
$4,780,000 | 723 | Umayyad Gold Dinar | Umayyad Caliphate | Morten & Eden [15] | October 2019 | ||
$4,750,000 | 1907 | Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Ultra High Relief | PR-68 CAC | United States | Bell, Hein, Simpson | Private sale [16] | December 13, 2021 |
$4,174,950 | 42 BC | Aureus of Marcus Junius Brutus | Roman Republic | Roma Numismatics Limited [17] | October 2020 | ||
$4,070,000 | 2007 | $1 Million Canadian Gold Maple Leaf | Canada | Dorotheum Auction House | June 2010 | ||
$4,000,000 (20 million ZAR) | 1898 | Single 9 Pond | South African Republic | King Farouk of Egypt | South Cape Coins (private transaction) [18] | May 2010 | |
$3,960,000 | 1885 | Trade Dollar | PF-66 | United States | Eliasberg | Heritage Auctions [19] | January 2019 |
$3,877,500 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class I | PR-62 | United States | Mickley, Hawn, Queller | Heritage Auctions [20] | August 2013 |
$3,360,000 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class I | PR-65 | United States | Stickney, Eliasberg | Stack's Bowers [21] | December 17, 2020 |
$3,360,000 | 1795 | Eagle, 9 Leaves | MS-63+ | United States | Pogue | Heritage Auctions [22] | January 13, 2022 |
$3,290,000 | 1804 | Bust Dollar - Class I | PR-65 | United States | Dexter | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers [23] | March 2017 |
$3,290,000 | 1913 | 1913 Liberty Head nickel | PF-64 CAC | United States | Hawaii Five-O | Heritage Auctions [24] | January 2014 |
$3,172,500 | 1913 | 1913 Liberty Head nickel | PR-63 | United States | George O. Walton | Heritage Auctions [25] | April 2013 |
$3,090,000 | 1927-D | Saint-Gaudens double eagle | MS-66+ CAC | United States | Eliasberg | Private sale [26] | August 6, 2021 |
$3,000,000 | 1911 | Long Whisker Dragon Dollar | SP-63+ | China | Stack's Bowers [27] | ||
$2,990,000 | 1907 | Saint-Gaudens double eagle - Ultra High Relief | PR-69 | United States | Trompeter | Heritage Auctions [28] | November 2005 |
$2,990,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB Punch on Breast | XF-45 | privately minted | Heritage Auctions [29] | January 2005 | |
$2,918,000 | 409 - 406 BC | Decadrachm | Agrigentum | Numismatica Ars Classica [30] | October 2012 | ||
$2,820,000 | 1794 | Flowing Hair dollar | MS-64 CAC | United States | Norweb | Stack's Bowers [31] | August 2017 |
$2,711,250 | 1795 | Capped Bust Gold Eagle | MS-63+ CAC | United States | GreatCollections [32] | May 2023 | |
$2,640,000 | 1825 | Ruble Pattern | Russian Empire | Stack's Bowers [33] | April 6, 2021 | ||
$2,585,000 | 1792 | Birch Cent | MS-65 CAC | United States | Garrett, Partrick | Heritage Auctions [34] | January 2015 |
$2,585,000 | 1795 | $10 Capped Bust Right Eagle - 13 leaves | MS-66+ | United States | Garrett | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers [35] | September 2015 |
$2,574,000 | 1880 | $4 Coiled Hair | United States | Bonhams [36] | September 2013 | ||
$2,415,000 | 1787 | Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing | privately minted | Heritage Auctions [37] | January 2015 | ||
$2,400,000 | 1854-S | $5 | XF45 | United States | Heritage Auctions | August 18, 2021 | |
$2,350,000 | 1808 | Quarter eagle | United States | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers [38] | April 20, 2015 | ||
$2,350,000 | 1793 | 1793 Cent Chain S-4 | United States | Heritage Auctions [39] | January 2015 | ||
$2,300,000 | 1804 | Bust Dollar | United States | Adams, Carter | Heritage Auctions | April 2009 | |
$2,280,000 | 1928 | Dollar Pattern | China | Stack's Bowers [40] | April 6, 2021 | ||
$2,280,000 | 1937 | Edward VIII 5 Pounds Pattern | United Kingdom | Heritage Auctions | March 2021 | ||
$2,232,500 | 1792 | pattern Quarter dollar | United States | Donald G. Partrick | Heritage Auctions [41] | January 2015 | |
$2,185,000 | 1907 | Eagle - Rolled Edge | United States | Heritage Auctions | January 2011 | ||
$2,160,000 | 1621 | 100 ducat of Sigismund III Vasa | Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth | Kroisos | Classical Numismatic Group [42] | January 2018 | |
$2,160,000 | 1796 | Quarter Eagle, No Stars | MS-62+ | United States | Simpson, Bass, Dannreuther | Heritage Auctions | January 2022 |
$2,160,000 | 1927-D | Saint-Gaudens double eagle | United States | Dr. Steven Duckor | Heritage Auctions [43] | January 2020 | |
$2,160,000 | 1854-S | $5 Liberty Half Eagle | United States | Heritage Auctions [44] | August 2018 | ||
$2,160,000 | 1928 | Pattern "Mukden Tiger" Dollar | China | Heritage Auctions | December 2021 | ||
$2,115,000 | 1907 | $20 Ultra High Relief LE | United States | Heritage Auctions [45] | January 2015 | ||
$2,086,875 | 1893-S | 1893-S Morgan dollar | MS-67 CAC | United States | GreatCollections [46] | August 2021 | |
$2,010,000 | 1921 | $20 | PR-64+ | United States | Heritage Auctions | August 2021 | |
$1,997,500 | 1894-S | Barber Dime | United States | Clapp, Eliasberg, Richmond | Heritage Auctions | January 2016 | |
$1,997,500 | 1927 | $20 | United States | Duckor | Heritage Auctions | January 2014 | |
$1,997,500 | 1792 | Silver Center J-1 Pattern | United States | Norweb | Heritage Auctions | August 2014 | |
$1,980,000 | 1874 | Bickford $10 Pattern | PR-65+ | United States | Simpson | Heritage Auctions | January 2022 |
$1,897,500 | 1927 | $20 | United States | Morse | Heritage Auctions | November 2005 | |
$1,880,000 | 1804 | Class III Silver Dollar | United States | Berg, Garrett | Stack's Bowers | August 2014 | |
$1,880,000 | 1879 | Quintuple Stella J-1643 Pattern | United States | Carter, Trompeter | Legend | May 2016 | |
$1,840,000 | 1873 | No Arrows 10C | United States | Eliasberg | Stack's Bowers | August 2012 | |
$1,840,000 | 1804 | Class I Silver Dollar | United States | Stack's Bowers | October 2000 | ||
$1,840,000 | 1913 | Liberty Head 5C | United States | Superior | March 2008 | ||
$1,821,250 | 1880 | $4 Coiled Hair | United States | Dupont | Heritage Auctions | April 2015 | |
$1,800,000 | 1861 | $20 | PR-66 | United States | Simpson | Heritage Auctions | January 2022 |
$1,740,000 | 1792 | Washington $10 Prefed | United States | Newman | Heritage Auctions | August 2018 | |
$1,740,000 | 1796 | Flowing Hair Quarter | MS-66 | United States | Foxfire, Simpson | Heritage Auctions | January 2022 |
$1,725,000 | 1920 | $10 | United States | Forgue, Blackwell, Duckor | Heritage Auctions | March 2007 | |
$1,725,000 | 1796 | No Stars $2.50 | United States | Parmelee, Brock, Ward, Rogers | Heritage Auctions | January 2008 | |
$1,648,805 | 135 - 136 AD | Sestertius of Hadrian | Roman Empire | Numismatica Genevensis SA [47] | December 2008 | ||
$1,645,000 | 1861 | Paquet $20 | United States | Dallas Bank Specimen | Heritage Auctions | August 2014 | |
$1,620,000 | 1870-CC | $20 | AU-53 | United States | Heritage Auctions | November 2021 | |
$1,610,000 | 1861 | Paquet $20 | United States | Dallas Bank Specimen | Heritage Auctions | August 2006 | |
$1,610,000 | 1839/8 | Type of 1838 LL $10 | United States | Parmelee, Clapp, Eliasberg | Heritage Auctions | January 2007 | |
$1,567,190 | 1991 | Gold 10000 Yuan | China | Taisei Coins Corporation [48] [49] | April, 2011 | ||
$1,552,500 | 1894 | 10C | United States | Kagin's (1984) | Stack's Bowers | October 2007 | |
$1,527,500 | 1776 | Continental Silver N-3D Prefed | United States | Boyd, Ford, Partrick | Heritage Auctions | January 2015 | |
$1,527,500 | 1797 | O-101a 50C | United States | Brand, Curtis, Hepner, Rogers | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | May 2015 | |
$1,527,500 | 1796 | B-2 25C | United States | Green, Newman | Heritage Auctions | November 2013 | |
$1,527,500 | 1776 | Continental Silver N-1C Prefed | United States | Seavey, Ford, Garrett, Partrick | Heritage Auctions | January 2015 | |
$1,527,500 | 1796 | B-2 25C | United States | Ten Eyck, Holmes | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | May 2015 | |
$1,500,000 | 1793 | Chain S-1 1C | United States | Seitz, Naftzger, Weinberg | Heritage Auctions | January 2019 | |
$1,495,000 | 1927 | $20 | United States | Ralph Muller Collection | Heritage Auctions | January 2010 | |
$1,495,000 | 1921 | $20 | United States | Bowers Merena | August 2006 | ||
$1,485,000 | 1913 | Liberty Head 5C | United States | Eliasberg | Bowers Merena | May 1996 | |
$1,440,000 | 1839 | 5 Pounds, Victoria | PR-66* | United Kingdom | Heritage Auctions | August 2021 | |
$1,437,500 | 1856 | $20 | United States | Eagle Collection | Heritage Auctions | May 2009 | |
$1,410,000 | 1792 | Silver Center J-1 Pattern | United States | Boyd, Newman | Heritage Auctions | May 2014 | |
$1,410,000 | 1776 | Continental Silver N-3D Prefed | United States | Earle, Newcomer, Green, Newman | Heritage Auctions | May 2014 | |
$1,410,000 | 1792 | Half Disme J-7 Pattern | United States | Floyd Starr | Heritage Auctions | January 2013 | |
$1,380,000 | 1587-1632 | Sigismund III | Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth | Poland Kingdom | Stack's Bowers | January 2008 | |
$1,380,000 | 1793 | Chain S-4 1C | United States | Cleneay, Atwater, Eliasberg | Heritage Auctions | January 2012 | |
$1,380,000 | 1829 | Large Date $5 | United States | Garrett | Heritage Auctions | January 2012 | |
$1,380,000 | 1797 | O-101a 50C | United States | Norweb | Stack's Bowers | July 2008 | |
$1,380,000 | 1796 | No Stars $2.50 | United States | Parmelee, Brock, Ward, Rogers | ANR | June 2005 | |
$1,351,250 | 1833 | Large Date $5 | United States | King Farouk of Egypt, Pittman | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | May 2016 | |
$1,322,500 | 1792 | Half Disme J-7 Pattern | United States | Floyd Starr | Heritage Auctions | April 2006 | |
$1,322,500 | 1894 | 10C | United States | James Stack | DLRC | March 2005 | |
$1,322,500 | 1927 | $20 | United States | Primary Bartle | Heritage Auctions | January 2006 | |
$1,322,500 | 1855 | $3 | United States | Sierra Foothills Estate | Heritage Auctions | August 2011 | |
$1,320,000 | 1894 | 10C | United States | Dr. Jerry Buss | Stack's Bowers | August 2019 | |
$1,298,000 | 1992 | Gold 2000 Yuan | China | Champion Auctions Hong Kong [48] | August 2011 | ||
$1,292,500 | 1792 | Half Disme J-7 Pattern | United States | Floyd Starr | Heritage Auctions | August 2014 | |
$1,292,500 | 1927 | $20 | United States | Kramer, Richmond | Heritage Auctions | March 2014 | |
$1,292,500 | 1797 | O-101a 50C | United States | Norweb | Heritage Auctions | August 2014 | |
$1,265,000 | 1795 | Flowing Hair Silver Dollar | United States | Bullowa | Bullowa | December 2005 | |
$1,265,000 | 1795 | Reeded Edge 1C | United States | Holmes | Goldberg | September 2009 | |
$1,265,000 | 1874 | Bickford $10 J-1373 Pattern | United States | Judd, Wilkison | Heritage Auctions | January 2010 | |
$1,260,000 | 1792 | White Metal Pattern Quarter | AU-58 | United States | Heritage Auctions | April 2021 | |
$1,210,000 | 1907 | Ultra High Relief LE $20 | United States | Norweb | Goldberg | May 1999 | |
$1,207,500 | 1794 | Flowing Hair dollar | MS-64 | United States | Brand, Boyd, Cardinal | Bowers Merena | August 2010 |
$1,207,500 | 1866 | No Motto Silver Dollar | United States | Wolfson, Jay, Delp | ANR | January 2005 | |
$1,207,500 | 1804 | Class III Silver Dollar | United States | Carter, Flannagan | Bowers Merena | July 2003 | |
$1,200,000 | 1911 | Hsüan-t'ung Dollar Pattern | PR-63 | China | Heritage Auctions | December 2021 | |
$1,175,000 | 1792 | Birch Cent J-4 Pattern | United States | Bushnell, Parmelee, Jenks, Green | Stack's Bowers | March 2015 | |
$1,175,000 | 1783 | Nova Constellatio Quint Prefed | United States | Crosby, Parmelee, Ellsworth, Garrett | Heritage Auctions | April 2013 | |
$1,175,000 | 1798 | Small Eagle BD-1 $5 | United States | King Farouk of Egypt | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | September 2015 | |
$1,175,000 | 1796 | SD, SL BB-63 Silver Dollar | United States | William Jacob Collection | Heritage Auctions | April 2013 | |
$1,170,000 | 1792 | 10c | SP-64 | United States | Garrett-Simpson | Heritage Auctions | January 2022 |
$1,150,000 | 1794 | C-7 H1C | United States | Fred Weinberg | Goldberg | January 2014 | |
$1,150,000 | 1792 | Silver Center J-1 Pattern | United States | Morris Specimen | Heritage Auctions | April 2012 | |
$1,145,625 | 1792 | Half Disme J-7 Pattern | United States | Knoxville, Cardinal | Stack's Bowers | January 2013 | |
$1,140,000 | 1884 | Trade Dollar | United States | Granberg, Brand, Eliasberg | Heritage Auctions | January 2019 | |
$1,140,000 | 1776 | Continental Dollar | VF-35 | United States | Heritage Auctions | April 2021 | |
$1,121,250 | 1811 | C-1 H1C | United States | Hall, Brand, Newman, Tett | Goldberg | January 2014 | |
$1,105,375 | 66-70 AD | AR shekel from Arwad (24mm, 13.34 gm, 10h) | Roman Empire | Jewish War | Heritage Auctions | March 2012 | |
$1,092,500 | 1921 | $20 | United States | Crawford, Morse | Heritage Auctions | November 2005 | |
$1,092,500 | 1870 | Silver Dollar | United States | Stack's Bowers | May 2003 | ||
$1,057,500 | 1792 | pattern Disme | United States | Heritage Auctions [41] | January 2015 | ||
$1,057,500 | 1795 | Nine Leaves BD-3 $10 | United States | Auction '89 | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | September 2015 | |
$1,057,500 | 1852 | Humber $10 K-10 Territorial | United States | Augustus Humbert | Heritage Auctions | April 2013 | |
$1,057,500 | 1795 | BB-51 Draped Bust Silver Dollar | United States | Garrett | Sotheby's/Stack's Bowers | May 2016 | |
$1,057,500 | 1792 | Disme J-11 Pattern | United States | Garrett, Partrick | Heritage Auctions | January 2015 | |
$1,057,500 | 1907 | Ultra High Relief LE $20 | United States | Morrison/Licht Collections | Heritage Auctions | August 2012 | |
$1,050,000 | 1879 | $4 Coiled Hair | United States | Memorable Sale; Spectrum | Heritage Auctions | January 2019 | |
$1,050,000 | 1866 | Seated Dollar, No Motto | PR-63+ | United States | Simpson | Heritage Auctions | April 2021 |
$1,041,300 | 1879 | $4 Coiled Hair | United States | Gold Rush Collection | Bonhams | September 2013 | |
$1,035,000 | 1894 | 10c | United States | Daggett, Parker, World-Wide | Heritage Auctions | January 2005 | |
$1,020,000 | 1863 | $20 | PR-65+ | United States | Eliasberg | Heritage Auctions | May 2022 |
$1,012,000 | 1921 | $20 | United States | Hesselgesser | Goldberg | September 2007 | |
$1,006,250 | 1796 | With Stars $2.50 | United States | Byron Reed | Heritage Auctions | January 2008 | |
$1,006,250 | 1885 | Trade Dollar | United States | Norweb | DLRC | November 2004 | |
$690,000 | 1911 | Specimen Pattern Dollar | SP-64 | Canada | George Hans Cook Collection | Heritage Auctions [50] | January 2003 |
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