Most Expensive Coins in The World

From a Liberty Head Nickel (1913) coin to a $1 Million Gold Canadian Maple Leaf (2007) coin, have you ever wondered which coin is the most expensive in the world?

Pension Times has looked at seedlists of the most luxury coins to reveal the top 10 most expensive coins worldwide. Would you pay $10 million? 

Key points of interest:

  • The most expensive coin is the Flowing Hair Silver/Copper Dollar costing a whopping $10 million. 
  • The second most expensive is the Double Eagle which is still illegal to own, costing $7.6 million.
  • The 670-year-old Edward III Florin costs $6.8 million. 

Most Expensive Coins in The World:

CoinPrice 
Flowing Hair Silver / Copper Dollar (1794/5)$10 million
Double Eagle (1933)$7.6 million 
Saint-Guadens Double Eagle (1907)$7.6 million
Brasher Doubloon (1787)$7.4 million 
Edward III Florin (1343)$6.8 million 
Liberty Head Nickel – Morton-Smith-Eliaspberg (1913)$4.5 million
Silver Dollar Class 1 – 1804 – (The Watters-Childs Specimen)$4.1 million 
$1 Million Gold Canadian Maple Leaf (2007)$4.02 million 
Bust Dollar – Class 1 – Dexter-Poque Specimen (1804)$3.8 million 
Liberty Head Nickel (1913) – Hawai Five-O Star $3.7 million 

The most expensive coin in the world is the Flowing Hair Silver / Copper Dollar (1794/5). In 2013 the coin set a new world record for the most expensive single coin sale ever selling for just over $10 million. Coin collectors have managed to preserve this historic coin for more than 200 years which adds further value to the coin’s history and price tag. 

The second most expensive coin in the world is the Double Eagle (1933) which is worth $7.6 million. These coins got recalled from the general public and were melted by the mint due to the president of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt, banning anyone from owning gold, although coin collectors were able to retain theirs. However, a small amount of 1933 Double Eagle escaped/were stolen from the government and was never melted. Some of these have been retained over the years, however not all. It’s still illegal to own one of these coins and if found in possession of one it would be seized immediately. 

The third most expensive coin in the world is the Saint-Guadens Double Eagle (1907) which is also worth $7.6 million. Saint-Guadens Double Eagle (1907) was a coin proven to be more difficult to produce in large quantities than expected. Named after its designer, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the Saint-Gaudens double eagle is said to be the most beautiful coin the US had produced and it was commissioned after President Theodore Roosevelt wrote to his Secretary of the Treasury that the coinage in circulation at the time was “artistically of atrocious hideousness”. Before this point, no-one outside of the Mint had ever designed a US coin before. Saint-Gaudens himself held up the production of the coin due to his declining health and as a result of the difficulty in the design. He passed away in 1907 before the designs were finalised for production. Charles Barber who was the Mints chief engraver made the decision to remove the words “In God We Trust” in hope it would be easier to produce, which was a controversial move once produced.

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