2016-02-23 Tue

On January 7th, at The Florida United Numismatists Convention in Tampa, the finest known 1894-S Barber dime realized a super-impressive $1,997,500.

This coin is graded PR66 PCGS CAC and is considered to be one of the most famous, mysterious and elusive coins in American numismatics as per Greg Rohan, President of Heritage Auctions.

The U.S. Mint at San Francisco struck nearly 2.5 million Barber dimes in 1893 but just 24 of them in 1894. Only eight or nine of these beauties are known to exist today with just a couple believed still in circulation, according to Heritage. The company is offering to pay $10,000 simply to examine an unknown example.