"The World's Most Valuable Coin"--Guinness
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Need a bit of help. Am doing an article on the Canada 1911 silver dollar pattern, and found a reference that said that it was listed in the "Guinness Bok of Records" as "The world's most valuable coin" from 1965 until some time in the early 1970's.
I am trying to verify this, and if true get the exact wording of its listing. Does anybody have a Guinness Book of Records from this time period that could look it up for me? The people at Guinness have been quite nice and have looked, but apparently they do not have back issues from this period.
Thanks,
Tom D.
I am trying to verify this, and if true get the exact wording of its listing. Does anybody have a Guinness Book of Records from this time period that could look it up for me? The people at Guinness have been quite nice and have looked, but apparently they do not have back issues from this period.
Thanks,
Tom D.
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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I seem to remember a "Guinness book of world records" craze when I was in 5th or 6th grade, so late 60s and the type I 1804 was listed then as the most valuable coin in the world.
However, the 1965 edition is not overly expensive. Why not buy a cheap one so you can look it up yourself?
Just an example
Dennis
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<< <i>I did a quick search on Google books and a few other websites but it does not appear to be available online.
However, the 1965 edition is not overly expensive. Why not buy a cheap one so you can look it up yourself?
Just an example
Dennis >>
Good thought!
I wonder if it post office can beat my story deadline?
Tom
It set a record of in 1965 being the World’s Most Valuable Coin (Guinness Book of World Records) for its price of $55,000.
In 2003, the 1911 silver pattern dollar was sold at an auction for $ 1 million. Today, it remains to be the most publicized and most valuable Canadian coin.
After series of debates, the first Canadian dollar made of 0.925 silver was struck in 1911 through the approval of the Dominion of Canada Currency Act of 1910.
Only three specimens were made not as an actual coin for circulation but as pattern coins—produced for the purpose of evaluating a proposed coin design.
When the two Canadian silver coin pieces were sent for approval, the then government refused to mint the coins for circulation saying that it was not the intention of the government to give an order for such class of coins.
Two pieces are known to exist today – one is housed at the National Currency Collection museum in Ottawa while one is owned by a private numismatist.
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I just wanted to confirm the Guinness part.
TD
i'm curious at what point it was eclipsed by other (Canadian) coins
in a Heritage write-up from spring 2010 the 1936 Canadian dot cent was being discussed, a coin with an interesting history in its own right that includes a monarchs demise and his son's scandalous affairs that led to an abdication of the throne
Cristiano Bierrenbach of Heritage: "This is the rarest, the most valuable, the most charismatic and legendary Canadian coin that exists" (in reference to the above coin)
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for the record it was a SP66 PCGS ex. Belzberg that brought $402,500
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Then it goes on the speculate that the 1873 cc dime would bring the greatest price because dimes are the most avidly collected series of an coins in the world. Then unique Axumite coins are discussed, as are great hoards and treasure troves.
I also have the 1956 Guinness Book of Superlatives here-- no discussion of coins whatsoever.
Hope someone here has one in your date-range...
TD
P.S.: I ordered the book that was linked. Now we'll see if it gets here before I have to have the story finished.
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