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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 $1,500,000 1793 Chain S-1 1C United States Seitz, Naftzger ...
List of most expensive philatelic items. This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$ 9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2]
A nickel is a five- cent coin struck by the United States Mint. Composed of cupronickel (75% copper and 25% nickel ), the piece has been issued since 1866. Its diameter is 0.835 inches (21.21 mm) and its thickness is 0.077 inches (1.95 mm). The silver half dime, equal to five cents, was issued from 1792 to 1873 before today's cupronickel version.
Design date. 1909. 1943 steel cents are U.S. one-cent coins that were struck in steel due to wartime shortages of copper. The Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints each produced these 1943 Lincoln cents. The unique composition of the coin ( low-grade steel coated with zinc, instead of the previously 95%-copper-based bronze composition ...
Many coins throughout history were made of gold, silver and copper. Silver: Gold: Iron: Numerous Chinese cash coins were made of iron, with the first being issued by the Han dynasty in 118 BCE. From 1942 through 1952, some of the Swedish krona coins – such as the 1, 2 and 5 öre – were made of iron. Lead: Most commonly seen in southeast ...
The coin was a silver denarius that was struck, or made, in the last 24 days of Caligula's life, so this is a pretty old and rare coin that Rick said could be worth up to six figures. The ...
The Silver Proof set became a standard product of the United States Mint in 1992, containing a dime, quarter, and half dollar composed of 90% silver. The compositions for the penny, nickel, and dollar (introduced to the set in 2000) remained the same as in the standard proof sets. In 2019, the purity of the silver coins was changed to 99.9%.
1913 Liberty Head Nickel. With only five in existence, you can make a pretty penny if you find one of these in your drawer. At an auction last year, one of these went for $4.2 million. This coin ...