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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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1794 'Carter' Flowing Hair Dollar, USA: £8.1 million

The world's most valuable coin, this 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar is the finest known example and was among the first dollar coins minted. Dubbed 'a national treasure' by numismatic expert Steven Contursi, it realised a phenomenal $10,016,875 (£8.1m) at auction in 2013.
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03 November 2016

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