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American Colonists Minted This Humble Silver Coin in 1652. It Just Sold for $2.52 Million
In 1652, British settlers in America defied their royal overlords by setting up a mint in Boston. The colonists began ...
New York Post25d
American colonial period silver coin shatters auction record, sells for $2.5 million
An American silver coin from before the American Revolution ... decimating the previous record. The threepence coin was made in 1652 in Boston, mere weeks after the first mint was set up in ...
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Rare silver coin struck before the American Revolution sets auction record, selling for $2.52 million
Although the coin is only about the size of a nickel and has a silver value of just $1.03 on today’s market, its age and ties to American history have made it the most expensive non-gold US coin ...
Coin World15d
Silver-plugged dollar offered in GreatCollections sale
One of the earliest United States silver dollars, a Rhode Island family's heirloom coin struck on an adjusted planchet, ...
Smithsonian Magazine25d
American Colonists Minted This Humble Silver Coin in 1652. It Just Sold for $2.52 Million
The silver threepence was made in Boston just ... the coin’s $2.52 million sale price set a new world record for an American coin made before the American Revolution. (The previous record ...