Penny from 1793 to be auctioned at Bellagio
That’s one expensive penny.
A nearly 230-year-old U.S. cent piece is scheduled to be auctioned Aug. 6 at Bellagio, auction house Stack’s Bowers Galleries recently announced.
The coin, a 1793 Strawberry Leaf cent, is being auctioned for the fourth time since 1890.
It fetched $414,000 in 2004 and $862,500 in 2009, both of which set record prices for a one-cent coin sold at auction, the news release said.
According to Stack’s Bowers, the coin is “named for the distinctive spray beneath the portrait of Liberty that differs from all others of the year” and is seen as “the finest example” of just four known 1793 Strawberry Leaf cents.
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