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What’s the oldest coin you’ve ever come across?
Whatever the age, they are surely not beating one coin recently sold at an auction.
However, it was discovered quite far away from where it was created.
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In 2016, the coin was found in an old cabinet in Amsterdam.
Her husband, President John Adams, was appointed ambassador to the Netherlands in the 1770s and 1780s.
The coin is a worn-down disk featuring three Roman numerals on one side and NE on the other.
Photo: Stack’s Bowers Galleries
As such, no individual collector has had the opportunity to own an examplesparking excited reactions from coin collectors.
Ultimately, the threepence sold for more than three times the in-house presale estimates.
However, its historical value is what makes it truly special.
