在阿姆斯特丹的一個舊櫃子裡發現的一枚美國革命前的美國銀幣在拍賣會上以 252 萬美元的價格售出，打破了先前的記錄

三便士硬幣於 1652 年在波士頓鑄造，距離第一座鑄幣廠在殖民地成立僅幾週

An American silver coin from before the Revolutionary War that was found in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, smashing the previous record.

在阿姆斯特丹的一個舊櫃子裡發現的一枚獨立戰爭前的美國銀幣在拍賣會上以 252 萬美元的價格售出，打破了先前的紀錄。

The threepence coin was minted in 1652 in Boston, just weeks after the first mint was established in the colony, according to a statement from Stack’s Bowers Galleries, the auction house behind the sale.

根據此次拍賣的 Stack's Bowers Galleries 拍賣行的聲明，這枚三便士硬幣於 1652 年在波士頓鑄造，距離該殖民地第一座鑄幣廠建成僅幾週。

The coin was originally discovered in the Netherlands in 2016, concealed in a pasteboard box that was inscribed with the following message: "Silver token unknown / From Quincy Family / B. Ma. Dec, 1798." The owner was unaware that he had stumbled upon a piece of American history.

這枚硬幣最初於 2016 年在荷蘭被發現，藏在一個紙板盒中，上面刻有以下資訊：「銀幣未知/來自昆西家族/B. Ma. Dec，1798」。店主並不知道他偶然發現了一段美國歷史。

After undergoing extensive testing and analysis to verify its authenticity, the Professional Coin Grading Service (PCGS), an independent body that grades coins, determined that the coin was genuine.

經過廣泛的測試和分析以驗證其真實性後，專業硬幣評級服務機構（PCGS）（對硬幣進行評級的獨立機構）確定硬幣是真品。

Threepence coins from the Boston Mint are highly prized, as only one other has ever been recovered. The other surviving coin is housed in a collection at the Massachusetts Historical Society. As a result, the discovery sent shockwaves through the coin-collecting community and prompted many to dig deep into their savings for a chance to own the coveted coin.

波士頓造幣廠出品的三便士硬幣價值極高，因為只有一枚硬幣被找回來。另一枚倖存的硬幣收藏於馬薩諸塞州歷史學會。結果，這項發現在硬幣收藏界引起了震動，並促使許多人深入挖掘自己的積蓄，以期有機會擁有這枚令人垂涎的硬幣。

The coin is easily identifiable by the NE marking, which stands for New England, on one side and the Roman numerals denoting its value on the other. The threepence coin had three Roman numeral markings, hence the name.

硬幣的一側有 NE 標記，代表新英格蘭，另一側有羅馬數字表示其價值，很容易識別硬幣。三便士硬幣有三個羅馬數字標記，因此得名。

According to the Massachusetts Historical Society, workers at the Boston Mint quickly began to resist British authority to produce coins, reflecting the colony’s "growing sense of identity as separate from the mother country and its determination to regulate its own economy."

據馬薩諸塞州歷史學會稱，波士頓造幣廠的工人很快就開始抵制英國鑄造硬幣的權威，反映出該殖民地「日益增長的獨立於母國的認同感及其監管自身經濟的決心」。

This rebellion also meant that coins with the NE marking and Roman numerals were likely only produced for a few months, leaving very few in existence today.

這場叛亂也意味著帶有 NE 標記和羅馬數字的硬幣可能只生產了幾個月，如今存世的硬幣已經很少了。

In 1781, English collector Thomas Brand Hollis wrote to John Adams, who was then serving as the American ambassador to the Netherlands, seeking assistance in locating one of the Boston Mint coins.

1781 年，英國收藏家托馬斯·布蘭德·霍利斯 (Thomas Brand Hollis) 寫信給當時擔任美國駐荷蘭大使的約翰·亞當斯 (John Adams)，尋求幫助尋找一枚波士頓造幣廠硬幣。

Adams subsequently enlisted the help of his wife, Abigail, as her great-grandfather was stepbrothers with John Hull, the silversmith who minted the coins at the time.

亞當斯隨後得到了妻子阿比蓋爾的幫助，因為她的曾祖父與當時鑄造硬幣的銀匠約翰·赫爾是繼兄弟。

This year has seen a string of expensive new windfalls for the coin-collecting community. In October, a rare misprinted US coin was sold for $500,000.

今年，錢幣收藏界獲得了一系列昂貴的新橫財。 10 月，一枚罕見的印錯美國硬幣以 50 萬美元的價格售出。

Later in November, a family discovered that their gold coin collection was valued at an astonishing $2 million. They had initially suspected that it couldn’t be sold for more than $100,000.

11 月晚些時候，一個家庭發現他們收藏的金幣價值高達 200 萬美元。他們最初懷疑它的售價不會超過 10 萬美元。