Rare gold coin sells for $9.36 million at Texas auction
DALLAS (AP) — A rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million.
Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon on Thursday evening as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage said the sale is the most ever paid for a gold coin at auction and the buyer wished to remain anonymous.
“The Brasher Doubloons, for coin collectors, coin connoisseurs, this is sort of a holy grail ... the one piece that is the most famous and the most desired coin,” said Todd Imhof, Heritage’s executive vice president.
Of the seven such coins known to exist, the one sold Thursday was the “finest quality,” Imhof said. It came from the collection of the late New York businessman Donald G. Partrick, who purchased it in 1979 for $725,000.
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(Odessa American)
This undated photo provided by Heritage Auctions shows a rare gold coin made by a noted craftsman in New York in 1787 that has sold at auction in Dallas for $9.36 million. Heritage Auctions offered the New York-style Brasher Doubloon Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, as part of an auction of U.S. coins. Heritage says the sale is the most ever paid for a gold coin at auction.
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