It was the second time the silver dollar was auctioned on U.S. The coin was offered Tuesday night during the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) World's Fair of Money in Rosemont, Ill. The reverse of the 1804 dollar features an eagle and 13 stars representing the original 13 colonies. The front of the silver dollar features Liberty’s bust, the date 1804 and the word LIBERTY. The one that was just sold was delivered in 1835 to Said bin Sultan Al-Said, the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries.

State Department as diplomatic gifts fit for a king. The 1804 silver dollar coins, known as “King of American Coins,” were specifically minted in 1834 at the request of president Andrew Jackson to be given by the U.S.

The auction house declined to disclose the identity of the buyer. Pogue, who died in 2019 at age 54, acquired the coin in 1999 for a then world-record price of US$4.14 million, according to Stack’s Bowers Galleries. The coin, graded Proof-68 by PCGS, a professional coin grading service company, was offered from the collection of D.

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