Other historic US coins have fetched vast sums at auction too. 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.

The threepence coin was made in 1652 in Boston, mere weeks after the first mint was set up in the colony ... In October, a rare misprinted US coin was sold for $500,000. In November, a family ...

Under the guidance of Mint Director David Rittenhouse, Chief Engraver Robert Scot designed the first silver dollar coin with government oversight of the ... access to United States Mint products, the ...

A US court has ordered two precious metals companies to pay almost $146m (£115m) after more than 500,000 American Silver Eagle coins went missing. The firms and their owner Robert Higgins have ...