CNN —An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam.
The threepence coin was struck in 1652 in Boston just weeks after the first mint in the then-British colony had opened, according to a statement released Monday by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which handled the sale.
This was a threepence coin, as shown by the Roman numerals on one side of it.
A rare 1794 silver dollar believed to be one of the first – if not the first – made by the US mint sold for $10 million in 2013.
Meanwhile, a rare 1933 “Double Eagle” coin, one of the last gold coins ever struck for circulation in the US, sold for $18.9 million in 2021.
Persons:
Stack’s Bowers, Ma, Stack's Bowers, Thomas Brand Hollis, Netherlands John Adams, Adams, Abigail, John Hull, Ben Orooji
Organizations:
CNN, Stack’s Bowers Galleries, United States Mint, Boston Mint, Massachusetts Historical Society, Yale College
Locations:
United States, Amsterdam, Boston, British, Netherlands, Quincy, New England, Massachusetts, England, American