Coins that are worth a million times face?

DocBenjamin · October 14, 2024 9:47AM

1933 would have made it if the owner took Rick's generous $25,000,000 offer.

TDN 1794 Dollar made it ten fold.

Any1909-S VDB Cent at $10k makes the cut.

As well the handful of 1913 Lib Nickels of questionable origin. A hundred million to one?

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P0CKETCHANGE · October 14, 2024 9:50AM

This 1876-CC MS65 20c sold for 4.35 million times face value in 2022:

hfjacinto · October 14, 2024 10:08AM

An 1877 IHC in MS66 makes the cut as does an 1856 Flying Eagle.

Checking Red Book, the below will all make the cut.
1793, 1794, 1795, 1796 and 1797 Half Cents
Varieties of 1802, 1803, 1806 Half Cents
1810, 1811, 1831, 1834, 1835 and 1836 (Proof) Half Cents
1842-1857 Proof Half Cents

1793, to 1807 cents will all make the cut
1808 to 1814 cents
1820,, 1822. 1827, 1829, 1830, 1834, 1838, 1840, 1841, 1842, 1843, 1844 and 1845 (Proof). Actually large cent proofs make the cut.
1864 with L Proof
1872
1873

The 1909 S VDB I would say doesn't make the cut unless top pop.

1872 (2 cents)
1854 and 1856 Proof (3 cents)
1885 (3 cents)
1867 Proof (5 cents)
1880 (5 cents)
1926S (5 cents)

1792 Half Disme
Some early varieties of Half Dimes *like 1797 13 stars
1802 and 1805 Half Dime

I stopped, so LOTS of coins meet the criteria.

Eldorado9 · October 14, 2024 10:44AM

This PF-64+ CAC (S-3) makes the cut easily:

yosclimber · October 14, 2024 10:51AM

How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

DocBenjamin · October 14, 2024 11:34AM

@yosclimber said:
How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

Typekat · October 14, 2024 12:56PM

Wowzer! A million times face?
[Remember to never admit to any, uh….sane person, that you’re THAT hooked on this stuff.]

I will admit that this year, for the first time, I DID pay 1,000,000 times face for a coin.
An 1836 1/2c, Original strike PR64 BN CAC.
The worst part is, it’s not even a particularly attractive specimen. But there are only 30-40 known and I needed the date.

But for you Big Swinging Ducks out there paying umpteen millions times face for what was once pocket change - thanks for sharing them here!

NeophyteNumismatist · October 14, 2024 5:08PM

Lots of half cents make the cut (anything over $5K).

BLUEJAYWAY · October 14, 2024 8:02PM

@DocBenjamin said:

@yosclimber said:
How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

Sapyx · October 14, 2024 9:20PM

It's easy to find examples in the foreign coin series. Just look for examples of hyperinflation.

Example: a German Empire silver 1 mark coin. A nice Unc example might cost you US$200 or so.

The mark was officially pegged at 4.2 trillion to US$1 in late 1923 when the hyperinflation finally stopped. So that 1 mark coin has a theoretical face value of 1/4.2 trillionth of a dollar, giving it's current market value at about 840 trillion times its face value.

winesteven · October 14, 2024 10:38PM

Ok, here we go:

MS64+RD w/CAC:

Here are just three of my Flying Eagles that fit the bill:

Here are just two of my Indians that qualify:

MS66+RD w/CAC:

Several of our friends on this board have a LOT of Flying Eagle and Indian Head Cents that qualify, but they’re modest!

Steve

Copperindian · October 15, 2024 8:23AM

@winesteven: or, they’re too lazy to do the math!
Ken

divecchia · October 15, 2024 9:16AM

Here are two coins from my collection. Please excuse my terrible photo.

Edited to add: You have some real beauties there, Steve!

Donato

winesteven · October 15, 2024 9:30AM

@Copperindian said:
@winesteven: or, they’re too lazy to do the math!
Ken

I'll stick with my original comment - they're too modest!

Steve

Copperindian · October 15, 2024 9:33AM

OK, Steve; this “they’re” is too lazy!
Ken

Crypto · October 15, 2024 9:44AM

Don’t look at me, I’m still struggling with the first Kennedy halves are 60 years old now.

nencoin · October 15, 2024 12:51PM

Any 1943 Copper, with some certainly more than 50 million times face.

DocBenjamin · October 15, 2024 1:09PM

@Crypto said:
Don’t look at me, I’m still struggling with the first Kennedy halves are 60 years old now.

Same here. I see a Circulated Frankin and I want to buy an ice cream.

GRANDAM · October 15, 2024 6:04PM

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@DocBenjamin said:

@yosclimber said:
How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

It could help fund his future space flights,

hfjacinto · October 16, 2024 7:05PM

@GRANDAM said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@DocBenjamin said:

@yosclimber said:
How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

It could help fund his future space flights,

It would probably be considered stolen property and the feds would take it from Elon. The government never gave up ownership of the cent and since Musk would have to break into the rover he would also be charged with destroying government property. The rules of space don’t allow personal ownership (only governments can use but not own the land for scientific purpose, I found this out by reading “A city on Mars” by Emily and Zach Weinerstein. Laws in space are like laws in Antarctica.)

Sapyx · October 16, 2024 9:35PM

@hfjacinto said:

@GRANDAM said:

@BLUEJAYWAY said:

@DocBenjamin said:

@yosclimber said:
How about narrowing it down a bit to at least 50 million times face?

Mars Cent might be the only Billion times face coin. Just got to get it back to Earth.

If graded, can just imagine the stickers that would be pasted all over the slab.

I wonder if Elon Musk could land on Mars,,,,,, retrieve the cent and be covered under "Finders Keepers"

NASA just left it there so I don't see how they could put up much of a fuss it he retrieved it.

It could help fund his future space flights,

It would probably be considered stolen property and the feds would take it from Elon. The government never gave up ownership of the cent and since Musk would have to break into the rover he would also be charged with destroying government property. The rules of space don’t allow personal ownership (only governments can use but not own the land for scientific purpose, I found this out by reading “A city on Mars” by Emily and Zach Weinerstein. Laws in space are like laws in Antarctica.)

Under current space law, the ownership of a spacecraft (or piece thereof) rests with the government of the country from which it was launched. Thus, a probe (either currently operational or derelict) launched from US soil belongs to the US government; whether it was launched by NASA or a private corporation or eccentric billionaire is irrelevant. The "private ownership" of anything ends when outer space begins, which is generally agreed to be 100 km above mean sea level. Thus, the Mars probe and everything attached to it belong to the US government.

Coins that are worth a million times face?

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