1885 Proof Trade Dollar
- Maker
- U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, clandestine)
- Year
- 1885
- Rank
- 8 of 100
1885 Proof Trade Dollar
1885 Proof Trade Dollar by U.S. Mint (Philadelphia, clandestine) (1885) is ranked 8 in the FLOAT 100 for Coins. It sold for $3,960,000 on 10 January 2019. A clandestine proof-only rarity with no official mint record; only five known, one of numismatics' great mysteries.
What is it, and why is it in the FLOAT 100?
A clandestine proof-only rarity with no official mint record; only five known, one of numismatics' great mysteries.
$1 silver Trade Dollar, NGC PR66 (finest of five known)
What is the best-sourced number for it?
- Figure
- $3,960,000
- Kind
- Realized at auction
- Date
- 10 January 2019
Heritage Auctions, FUN Signature, Jan 10 2019. Finest-known 1885 Trade Dollar, NGC PR66, realized $3,960,000 (to Dell Loy Hansen).
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.
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