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The world's most expensive coin ever sold.

The Flowing Hair Dollar 1794 Obverse Reverse Throughout its history, the 1794 dollar has widely been considered one of the rarest and most valuable of all United States coins. In a September 1880 issue of The Coin Journal, the author noted that a good quality specimen of the 1794 dollar was valued at fifty dollars. In the early 1990s, numismatic historian Jack Collins estimated the surviving number of the coins to be between 120 and 130. In 2013, the finest known example, which was among the earliest coins struck and was prepared with special care, was sold at auction for $10,016,875, the highest selling price of any coin in history. The dollar was graded Specimen-66 by the Professional Coin Grading Service, noting the special conditions under which it was struck. The coin, which had previously been owned by Colonel E.H.R. Green, was sold by Stack's Bowers Galleries in a public auction in January 2013. It was previously sold in 2010 for what was then a record sum of $

New BNM Governor replacing Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz in April 2016

Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz will be stepping down as her last term will end this April. This is the report that she told newsman after the launch of Integrated Account Platform (IAP) recently at Sasana Kijang. Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz today refused to reveal any information on the identity of her successor following her last term as the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia. Zeti's contract will end in April and she added, that she will not stay on for another term as the Bank Negara's Governor. She, however, said the announcement on her successor would be made soon. "In due time, you will be informed. There is a process for it and you have to be patient," Zeti told newsmen after the launch of the Integrated Account Platform (IAP), an Islamic banking investment platform at Sasana Kijang today. She reiterated that the process of appointing a new Governor will take time because it had to be done meticulously and in depth. Zeti explained, th

Malaysian 10 cent coin Year 1971 variety 3

This is the only 10 cent 1971 left in my humble collection right now, all the Variety 2 was sold a few years back when I decided to raise some cash for a new business venture. obverse side showing the most sought after year 1971 reverse side of the coin You can read how I found a circulated 10 cent 1971 here about 4 years ago here . And some of the 10 cent 1971 V2 UNC that I bought here and here . Keep on collecting!