1652 New England (NE) Threepence
- Maker
- Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull)
- Year
- 1652
- Rank
- 80 of 100
1652 New England (NE) Threepence
1652 New England (NE) Threepence by Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston mint, John Hull) (1652) is ranked 80 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $2,520,000 on 18 November 2024. The earliest American silver coinage and the record-holder for any pre-Revolution American coin — discovered in a cabinet, the only privately-held example.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
The earliest American silver coinage and the record-holder for any pre-Revolution American coin — discovered in a cabinet, the only privately-held example.
Massachusetts silver threepence, NE type, PCGS-graded (the only example outside a museum)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $2,520,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 18 November 2024
Stack's Bowers Galleries, Nov 18 2024. Newly-discovered NE threepence (only example outside a museum) realized $2,520,000 — world record for any American coin struck before the Revolution (prior $646,250).
This is a realized sale. Somebody paid it. Source.
How this is made
- The figure
- One reference price, taken from a named public source and shown with its own kind. FLOAT does not average it with anything or adjust it for time.
- Realized or not
- A realized price is a completed sale. A market asking price and a price-guide value are not sales, and are labeled as such wherever they appear.
- Why no grade ladder
- Most FLOAT 100 entries are individual objects. There is one of this, so there is no population and no spread across grades to show.
- Archive
- 2026-08-08