Pick a country and name its most valuable coin...

MrEureka

And if you can come up with an image of the coin, an auction record, an estimate of value, or any other useful info, please share!

LochNESS

Well since Biafra has been appearing on the boards lately, I guess I'll start off there:

This one is higher grade with luster, and medal RR ...



and this one has a better strike ...

LochNESS

OK not alphabetical order but ... Belize ... I believe this is their most valuable coin (not counting British Honduras issues here) strictly because of the gold content and lower mintage. Last auction I saw was February before the BV drop but hammer was around $600:

MrEureka

Cuba 1916 20 Pesos. Proof only. Mintage 10 pieces. 6 accounted for, the rest are probably still out there. Roughly 75-125K for a choice to gem proof.

LochNESS

Ecuador ... strictly 20th-century-speaking ... 1973 5 Sucres, mintage of 10 distributed to gov. officials = $1,200 in MS

Here is the 2nd-most-valuable it's brother the 2 Sucres, 35 est. to survive melting

JerseyJoe

LITHUANIA 10 Litu KM# Pn14 1938 mintage 2 in GOLD





ry=37969&worldcoinid=107430">from NGC price guide

LochNESS

Israel ... JE5708-h (1948) 25 Mils (KM# 8) mintage 42,650 struck in Holon, hammer prices for MS $900 - $1.5k

EVillageProwler

<< <i>And if you can come up with an image of the coin, an auction record, an estimate of value, or any other useful info, please share! >>



How about the 1794 SP FH dollar (US)? I'm sure Andy knows too much about it that he doesn't need me to go round that stuff up for him.

LochNESS

Hejaz [Hedjaz] ... AH1334 year 9 (1916) 20 Piastres (KM# 30) if you find an MS you're lucky and it'll probably cost $700-$1k. Struck in 0.917 Ag. Maybe there's a gold issue valued higher but IMO this is the most significant coin from the country.

Walter

Australia - 1930 Proof penny




I believe Coinworks claimed they sold one for AU$2 million.

Zohar

<< <i>Israel ... JE5708-h (1948) 25 Mils (KM# 8) mintage 42,650 struck in Holon, hammer prices for MS $900 - $1.5k >>

amwldcoin

Winging it off the top of my head!

Canada 1911 Dollar
Ireland 1943 florin(excludes early coinage as I don't follow it)
New Zealand 1935 Watangi Crown
USA! Now the 1794 Dollar!

bidask

Struck for Panama by the Philadelphia mint in 1904, inaugurated coinage for the newly independent republic. 12 struck .....this one finest known.

MrEureka

reland 1943 florin(excludes early coinage as I don't follow it)

Wouldn't a 1938 Penny bring more?

YQQ

Country is Canada,
although not THE most expensive coins, these two are close to it.
The most expensive are the 2 1911 silver dollars.......( however legal they are, but they are)
eat your hearts out guys....
I wish, honestly wish... I would own these two...

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SYRACUSIAN

Greece 1828-2000 (no patterns or essais included in this). Ancient Greek coins are an entirely different category.
This is official -modern- pre-euro Greek coinage after several centuries of no Greek currency at all.

1876 100 drs gold, mintage 72, survivors unknown.
Very few unrecorded proofs seem to exist, no more than 3-5, one of which realized ~$200K hammer at the Millenia sale, an NGC PR64 CAM
(previously sold by Kuenker at 90000 euros hammer, raw)

LochNESS

<< <i>... after several centuries of no Greek currency at all... >>


Why is that, BTW? Perhaps a brief history lesson?

This is like my most-favorite thread ever!

marcmoish

What a neat thread topic!

Palestine (Mandate) 1927-1947

The key is the 1931 100 MIL which is the crown of the series. Valued presently at 15-20K in MS! (MS62)

The Kagan-Maremba Museum coll. (59 pc set plus 4 dupes= 62pcs) sold privately to a Middle Eastern (not Israel) collector in late April 2013 for $40,000. All dates were represented but the grades only ranged from AU55 to MS62. All were graded by PCGS. There were no high grade key dates in this set! The 1931 100 Mil was the highlight of this offering hence it seems the averaged out price of this piece alone is about $25,000 which is by far the highest price paid for a regular Mandate series coin to date.

This example below is in PCGS AU58 holder (looks identical to the below graded Kagan MS62 example), and resides in the Mandate Mints PCGS Registry.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Winging it off the top of my head!

Canada 1911 Dollar
Ireland 1943 florin(excludes early coinage as I don't follow it)
New Zealand 1935 Watangi Crown
USA! Now the 1794 Dollar! >>



The Waitangi crown came to my mind, too, as did the 1943 Irish florin. I once collected the entire Irish predecimal series from 1928 up, in the three Danscos, and that was the only one I lacked. I had the '43 halfcrown, which is also pretty rare. MrEureka might remember that set, as I sold it to him, several years ago. It was fun.

lordmarcovan

<< <i>Country is Canada,
although not THE most expensive coins, these two are close to it.
The most expensive are the 2 1911 silver dollars.......( however legal they are, but they are)
eat your hearts out guys....
I wish, honestly wish... I would own these two...

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[URL=http://s627.photobucket.com/user/cdncoins/media/Canada10cent1936dot_zps5c9fd19e.jpg.html][/URL] >>



Boy, I`ll bet there are hundreds if not thousands of "Fake Dots" out there masquerading, eh? Seems that would be child`s play for those so nefariously inclined.

MrEureka

For Scotland, I'd nominate the 1565 Ryal with portraits of Mary and & Darnley. There was one on the market 10-20 years ago, but it was purchased by a museum. I'm not sure if there are any left in private hands.

Dennis88

Netherlands:

Most expensive coin sold so far at auction:



Sold for EUR 76,000, approximately $100,000.

Would probably easily be surpassed by a 25 cents with young Wilhelmina 1891, which sold for EUR 43,000 in 2001. Two struck, one in national museum in the Netherlands, the other in private hands (couldn't find an image).

Dennis

rec78

Canada -- This is the most valuable coin for Canada

rec78

For Ancient Rome I choose The Ides of march denarius

MrEureka

Ireland 1943 florin(excludes early coinage as I don't follow it)

If you go to the early stuff, an Ormonde Pistole would win.

MrEureka

BTW, if anyone can come up with images or any other info on the coins being mentioned here, please share!

LochNESS

<< <i>Canada -- This is the most valuable coin for Canada >>


Rec71, if we are going down that path, than Perth Mint struck a mammoth Koala(?) coin recently (2012, I think) making that Australia's biggest coin. But I don't think they marketed it that way. I believe it was considered bullion. I posted it on the PM board, so it's searchable.