Photos: The most expensive rare historical coins in the world
"Wonderlist" - the world's most expensive historical coin - is a rare coin-collecting hobby for some around the world, which makes a currency that may not be worth much in its time, worth millions of dollars at the moment.
1 - Double Eagle 1849: This currency is the most expensive and most important in American history because of its extreme scarcity, leaving only one copy, dating back to 1849 coinciding with the period of prosperity of gold discoveries in the state of "California", and displays the museum, "Smithsonian" The version is in the "National Monetary Group" and is valued at $ 20 million.
3 - Double Eagle 1933: As noted earlier, the currency was designed by the famous sculptor "Augustus Saint-Gaudens" in 1907, and saw several amendments until formalization in 1933, but was withdrawn in the same year despite the issuance of more than 400 thousand copies, most of which were dissolved by the authorities, a few were stolen and traded by collectors, of which less than 15 were sold, of which $ 7.6 million was sold in 2002.
4 - Coins "Brasher" 1787: In the eighteenth century, one of the most famous American gold and silver makers, "Ephraim Brasher" filed a request to the Department of New York to allow him to issue copper coins, but his request was rejected, And copper, with only a very limited number of coins bearing the "Brasher" touch, and sold one for $ 7.4 million in 2011, a gold coin bearing the image of "eagle eagle" while others sold for $ 4.5 million in 2014 and bear the image of the eagle wings .
5. The Silver Dollar 1804: The Silver Dollar was issued in 1804 but was not minted during the same year. It was minted in the 1930s and was presented as souvenirs to states under the diplomatic missions of the then US President. Arab and Asian countries, Sultan Sultan was given one of those currencies, and sold for 4.1 million dollars in 1999.
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2 - Hair Drops 1794: This coin was made of silver and copper for the first time in 1794, the first dollar currency that the federal government issued in the United States, and was similar to the "Spanish dollar" at the time in shape and weight, To its historical value and scarcity, and sold one for $ 10 million in 2013.
6 - Queen Elizabeth II 2007: The Royal Commission of Canada mint currency in 2007 issued a coin of pure gold, the coin bears the image of the British Queen "Elizabeth" the second on one side while the other face a picture of three leaves of the maple " One of the national symbols of Canada), five of which have been sold so far, one sold for $ 4.02 million during an auction in Vienna in 2009.
7 - Head of Freedom 1913: Very few copies of this currency were issued in the United States in 1913, made of "nickel" metal, and became the first coin to break the barrier of $ 100,000 in 1972, and in 1996 became a piece Other first that exceed the million dollar barrier.
8 - The double Eagle 1907: Designed by the famous sculptor "Augustus Saint-Gaudens", and has undergone several modifications to design until it ceased work in 1933, and the Museum "Smithsonian" copies of the original design of 1907, and sold a copy of the same design against About $ 3 million in 2005
9 - Half Eagle 1822: The currency of the "half of the Eagle" gold one of the rarest currencies in the world, and the US Mint issued 17.8 thousand copies in 1822, but only three copies remain, and two are currently displayed in the currency group National Cash Corporation "Smithsonian", the third version was sold for $ 700 thousand in 1982.
10 - Florin 1344: The English King Edward III issued the currency "Florin" (also known as "double cheetah" in 1344 for use at the level of Europe, was equal to six shillings, and bear the image of the king sitting on the throne and on His side is Fahd's head. But the coin was withdrawn a few months after it was issued. It is one of the rarest of English coins. Only three copies are available at present. The British Museum offers two copies, while the third is sold in an auction in July 2006 for $ 680,000.