The 1804 dollar’s mystique dates to 1834, when the U.S. Mint struck silver dollars bearing the 1804 date for diplomatic gifts ...

After the surprise discovery of a long-lost 1804 dollar (aka the “ King of American Coins ”), the rarity’s total known count ...

The finest example of the 1804 silver dollar known to exist sold for US$7.86 million at a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction earlier this week, making it the second-most valuable U.S. silver dollar ever ...

The King of American Coins just fetched a princely, world-record sum. The single finest example of the 1804 US silver dollar sold for an astonishing $7.68 million at a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction ...

One of the most coveted, rare coins ever struck by the U.S. Mint – a long-lost 1804 dollar – is expected to sell for millions ...

The finest example of the 1804 silver dollar known to exist is expected to sell for US$7 million at a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction during the American Numismatic Association’s (ANA) World's Fair ...

Picture this. You're digging through an old jar of forgotten coins, and your hand closes around a dollar piece that feels ...

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John Brush sat nervously in his Virginia Beach living room, his sweaty palms gripping the phone as he waited to hear the announcer yell, “Sold!” It felt like years had gone by, but it had only been a ...

Known by collectors as “The King of Coins,” an 1804-dated U.S. silver dollar specially made on behalf of President Andrew Jackson and still in mint condition, is expected to sell for more than $3 ...

April 1 (Reuters) - An 1804 U.S. silver dollar sold for $3.3 million in one of a series of auctions that brought in a record total of more than $100 million for a renowned private coin collection, ...