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The world's most valuable coins

Most expensive small change ever
1344 Edward III Double Leopard Florin, England : $566,000 (£460k)
1937 Edward VIII Gold Sovereign, England: $635,000 (£516k)
350 BC Stater of Phaistos, Ancient Greece: $650,000 (£529k)
460 BC Silver Tetradrachm of Naxos, Ancient Greece: $850,000 (£691k)
1825/4 $5 Capped Head Left Half Eagle, USA: $940,000 (£765k)
1795 Draped Bust Dollar, USA: $1,057,000 (£860k)
1992 Gold 2000 Yuan, China: $1,298,000 (£1m)
1833 $5 Capped Head Left Half Eagle, USA: $1,351,000 (£1.1m)
308 Maxentius 8-Aurei Gold Medallion, Ancient Rome: $1,407,550 (£1.14m)
1991 Gold 10,000 Yuan, China: $1,567,190 (£1.3m)
1792 Silver-Center Cent, USA: $1,997,500 (£1.62m)
1894-S Barber Dime, USA: $1,997,500 (£1.62m)
1907 $10 Eagle Rolled Edge, USA: $2,185,000 (£1.8m)
1804 Bust Dollar - Class III, USA: $2,300,000 (£1.9m)
1792 Birch Cent, USA: $2,585,000 (£2.1m)
1787 Brasher Doubloon - EB on Breast, privately minted: $2,990,000 (£2.4m)
1907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle - Ultra High Relief, USA: $2,990,000 (£2.4m)
350-300 BC Pantikapaion Gold Stater, Ancient Greece: $3,802,500 (£3.1m)
1704 Ivan VI Pattern Silver Rouble, Russia: $3,858,850 (£3.13m)
1898 Single 9 Pond, South Africa: $4,000,000 (£3.3m)
2007 C$1 Million Gold Queen Elizabeth II Canada: $4,000,000 (£3.3m)
1804 Bust Dollar Bust Dollar - Class I, USA: $4,140,000 (£3.4m)
1787 Brasher Doubloon - EB on Wing, privately minted: $4,582,500 (£3.7m)
1794 'Lord St. Oswald' Flowing Hair Dollar, USA: $4,993,750 (£4.1m)
1913 Liberty Head Nickel - Eliasberg Specimen, USA: $5,000,000 (£4.1m)
1804/1834 $10 Proof Eagle, USA: $5,000,000 (£4.1m)
724 Umayyad Gold Dinar, Umayyad Caliphate: $6,029,400 (£4.9m)
1787 Brasher Doubloon - EB on Breast, privately minted: $7,400,000 (£6m)
1933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle, USA: $7,590,020 (£6.2m)
1794 'Carter' Flowing Hair Dollar, USA: $10,016,875 (£8.1m)
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Courtesy Coin Week

1704 Ivan VI Pattern Silver Rouble, Russia: £3.13 million

Meticulously crafted, this Ivan VI Silver Rouble from 1704 is only one of two or three specimens known to exist. It fetched $3,858,850 (£3.13m) at auction in 2012, which is a world record for a Russian coin.
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03 November 2016

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