The FLOAT 100: Coins

100 objects, ranked. Each carries one reference price from a named public source, shown with its own kind: a realized sale, a market asking price or a guide value. They are not the same claim and are never presented as one.

• 11933 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$18,872,250
• 21794 Flowing Hair Silver Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$10,016,875
• 31787 Brasher Doubloon 'EB on Wing' Ephraim Brasher (New York)$9,360,000
• 41822 Capped Head Half Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$8,400,000
• 51804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class I U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$7,680,000
• 61913 Liberty Head Nickel (Eliasberg specimen) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, clandestine)$4,560,000
• 71907 Ultra High Relief Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens$4,320,000
• 81885 Proof Trade Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, clandestine)$3,960,000
• 91927-D Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Denver)$3,840,000
• 101804 Draped Bust Dollar, Class III U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, later restrike)$3,538,000
• 111907 Indian Head Eagle, Rolled Edge U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$2,400,000
• 121880 Coiled Hair Stella ($4 Gold) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$2,280,000
• 131894-S Barber Dime U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$2,160,000
• 141879 Coiled Hair Stella ($4 Gold) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$2,135,000
• 151792 Half Disme U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$1,410,000
• 161793 Chain Cent (S-4, AMERICA) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$1,380,000
• 171839 Victoria 'Una and the Lion' £5 Gold Proof Royal Mint (Great Britain), designed by William Wyon$1,440,000
• 181870-S Seated Liberty Dollar U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$1,092,500
• 191796 Draped Bust Quarter Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$168,000
• 201796 No Stars Quarter Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$94,000
• 211856 Flying Eagle Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$312,000
• 221795 Capped Bust Eagle (First US $10 Gold) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$264,500
• 231879 Flowing Hair Stella ($4 Gold) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$324,000
• 241776 Continental Dollar (Pewter) Continental Congress issue (likely Philadelphia)$246,750
• 251793 Liberty Cap Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$253,000
• 261652 New England (NE) Shilling Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)$192,000
• 271955 Doubled Die Obverse Lincoln Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$14,400
• 281916-D Mercury Dime U.S. Mint (Denver)$12,000
• 291838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar U.S. Mint (New Orleans)$70,500
• 301836 Gobrecht Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Christian Gobrecht$99,000
• 311652 Pine Tree Shilling (Large Planchet) Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)$141,000
• 321652 Oak Tree Shilling Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint)$105,750
• 331787 Fugio Cent United States contract coinage (James Jarvis)$13,200
• 341796 Liberty Cap Half Cent, No Pole U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$780,000
• 351909-S VDB Lincoln Cent U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$5,880
• 361889-CC Morgan Dollar U.S. Mint (Carson City)$45,600
• 371893-S Morgan Dollar U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$235,000
• 381921 Peace Dollar (High Relief) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Anthony de Francisci$4,200
• 391907 High Relief Double Eagle (Wire Rim) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens$42,000
• 401877 Indian Head Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$114,000
• 411924 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$3,400
• 421838 Liberty Head Eagle (First Year) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Christian Gobrecht$105,750
• 431799 Draped Bust Large Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$28,750
• 441795 Flowing Hair Half Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$129,600
• 451916 Standing Liberty Quarter U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Hermon MacNeil$195,500
• 461915-S Panama-Pacific $50 Gold (Octagonal) U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$163,125
• 471893 Isabella Quarter U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$4,640
• 481900 Lafayette Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$7,000
• 49EID MAR Denarius of Brutus Roman Republic (Brutus, military mint)$720,000
• 50Athens Decadrachm (Owl) Athens (Attica), ancient Greece$375,000
• 51Syracuse Decadrachm (Kimon) Syracuse (Sicily), ancient Greece, signed by engraver Kimon$108,000
• 52Umayyad Gold Dinar, 105 AH (723 AD) Umayyad Caliphate$4,780,000
• 531813 Holey Dollar (New South Wales) Colony of New South Wales (Australia), overstruck on Spanish 8 reales$485,000
• 541723 Wood's Hibernia Halfpenny William Wood (under royal patent, for Ireland/colonies)$4,000
• 551907 Indian Head Eagle, Wire Rim (Periods) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens$84,000
• 561849 Liberty Head Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$25,000,000
• 571343 Edward III Florin ('Double Leopard') Royal Mint (England), Edward III$646,416
• 581907 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle (Arabic Numerals) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens$3,400
• 591854-S Quarter Eagle U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$561,200
• 601796 Liberty Cap Half Cent, With Pole U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$470,000
• 611861 Confederate States Half Dollar (Original) Confederate States of America (New Orleans Mint)$960,000
• 621856-O Liberty Head Double Eagle U.S. Mint (New Orleans)$690,000
• 631875 Three Dollar Gold (Proof-only) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$253,000
• 641913 Liberty Head Nickel (Walton specimen) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, clandestine)$3,172,500
• 651851 Humbert Fifty Dollar (Territorial Gold) Augustus Humbert / U.S. Assay Office (San Francisco)$456,000
• 661797 Draped Bust Half Dollar (Small Eagle) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$150,000
• 671703 Queen Anne 'VIGO' Five Guineas Royal Mint (Great Britain), Queen Anne$1,080,000
• 681937 Edward VIII Gold Pattern Five Sovereign Royal Mint (Great Britain), Edward VIII$2,450,000
• 69Croesus Gold Stater (Lydia) Kingdom of Lydia, King Croesus$96,000
• 701732 Mexico Pillar Dollar (8 Reales) Mexico City Mint (Spanish colonial), Felipe V$152,750
• 711652 Willow Tree Shilling Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)$156,000
• 721870-CC Liberty Head Double Eagle U.S. Mint (Carson City)$312,000
• 731895 Morgan Dollar (Proof) — 'King of Morgans' U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$324,000
• 741879-CC Morgan Dollar U.S. Mint (Carson City)$192,000
• 751911-D Indian Head Quarter Eagle U.S. Mint (Denver)$312,000
• 761663 'Petition Crown' of Charles II Royal Mint (Great Britain), engraved by Thomas Simon$960,000
• 771644 Oxford Triple Unite (Charles I) Royal Mint at Oxford (Great Britain), Charles I$278,867
• 781795 Flowing Hair Dollar (Three Leaves, Silver Plug) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$630,000
• 791929 Indian Head Quarter Eagle (Last Year) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$54,625
• 801652 New England (NE) Threepence Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)$2,520,000
• 811933 Indian Head Eagle U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens$408,000
• 821876-CC Twenty Cent Piece U.S. Mint (Carson City)$690,000
• 831861-D Gold Dollar (Confederate-struck) Dahlonega Mint (under Confederate authority)$96,000
• 841909-O Indian Head Half Eagle U.S. Mint (New Orleans)$690,000
• 851920-S Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$360,000
• 861929 Indian Head Half Eagle (Last Year) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$33,600
• 871792 Silver Center Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$1,410,000
• 881792 Birch Cent U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Robert Birch$2,585,000
• 891804 Draped Bust Dime U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$632,500
• 901913-S Barber Quarter U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$172,500
• 911652 Pine Tree Threepence Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)$11,500
• 921914-D Lincoln Cent U.S. Mint (Denver)$66,000
• 931794 Liberty Cap Large Cent (Head of 1794) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$32,400
• 941875 Twenty Cent Piece (Philadelphia, Proof) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$28,200
• 951928 Peace Dollar U.S. Mint (Philadelphia), designed by Anthony de Francisci$16,800
• 961895-O Barber Dime U.S. Mint (New Orleans)$20,400
• 971901-S Barber Quarter U.S. Mint (San Francisco)$7,200
• 981995-W Proof American Silver Eagle U.S. Mint (West Point)$19,125
• 991796 Draped Bust Dime (First US Dime) U.S. Mint (Philadelphia)$881,250
• 1001872-CC Liberty Seated Dime U.S. Mint (Carson City)$480,000