1652 年馬薩諸塞州三便士以 252 萬美元創下世界紀錄

1652 年在波士頓鑄造的一枚五分鎳幣大小的小銀幣，創下了拍賣會的世界紀錄

A small silver coin about the size of a nickel, struck in Boston in 1652, set a world record in an auction.

1652 年在波士頓鑄造的一枚五分鎳幣大小的小銀幣在拍賣會上創下了世界紀錄。

The piece sold for $2,520,000 (with all included fees) at an auction conducted by Stack’s Bowers Galleries, the world leader in auctions of rare early American coins and currency.

這件作品在 Stack's Bowers Galleries 舉辦的一場拍賣會上以 2,520,000 美元（含所有費用）成交，該畫廊是美國稀有早期硬幣和貨幣拍賣領域的世界領先者。

The price easily surpassed the previous world record price of $646,250 for an American coin struck before the American Revolution by nearly $2 million.

該價格輕鬆超過美國獨立戰爭前鑄造的美國硬幣 646,250 美元的先前世界紀錄價格近 200 萬美元。

The 1652 Massachusetts threepence also set a record for any non-gold U.S. coin struck before the founding of the United States Mint.

1652 年馬薩諸塞州三便士還創下了美國造幣廠成立之前鑄造的美國非金幣的紀錄。

Weighing just 1.1 grams, its silver value is $1.03 based on today’s market.

重量僅為 1.1 克，根據當今市場計算，其白銀價值為 1.03 美元。

Struck within weeks of the establishment of the first mint to be opened in the future United States, the New England threepence is the only example known outside of a museum. A holed specimen has been in the collection of the Massachusetts Historical Society for 120 years. Since that time, no individual collector has had the opportunity to own an example. Today, several collectors pursued this once-in-several-lifetimes opportunity.

新英格蘭三便士硬幣是在未來的美國第一家鑄幣廠建成後幾週內鑄造的，是博物館外唯一已知的硬幣。馬薩諸塞州歷史學會收藏了一個帶孔的標本 120 年。從那時起，沒有任何個人收藏家有機會擁有一件作品。如今，許多收藏家都在追逐這個千載難逢的機會。

Stack’s Bowers Galleries Director of Numismatic Americana John Kraljevich, cataloger of the piece, noted after the sale that he was “very pleasantly shocked” at the price, which was more than three times in-house presale estimates.

Stack's Bowers Galleries 美國錢幣總監 John Kraljevich 是這件作品的編目員，他在拍賣後指出，他對這個價格感到“非常驚喜”，這個價格是內部預售預估的三倍多。

Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ auctioneer Ben Orooji called the 12-minute bidding battle “an exhilarating ride and a career highlight.”

Stack's Bowers Galleries 的拍賣師 Ben Orooji 稱這場 12 分鐘的競價戰是「一次令人興奮的旅程，也是職業生涯的亮點」。

All coinage from the Boston Mint is scarce. Silver threepences, sixpences, and shillings were struck in four different designs between 1652 and 1682, with the most famous and numerous of these being the Pine Tree shillings, struck over the last decade of the mint’s operation. The simple coins struck in 1652 are all extremely rare and feature just a tiny NE for New England and the denomination in pence (rendered as III, VI, or XII). Of the NE coins of 1652, the threepence is by far the rarest.

波士頓造幣廠生產的所有硬幣都很稀缺。 1652 年至 1682 年間，三便士、六便士和先令銀幣被鑄造成四種不同的設計，其中最著名且數量最多的是松樹先令，是在造幣廠運作的最後十年中鑄造的。 1652 年鑄造的簡單硬幣都極為罕見，只有一個代表新英格蘭的小 NE 和便士面額（呈現為 III、VI 或 XII）。在 1652 年的 NE 硬幣中，三便士是迄今為止最稀有的。

This piece was discovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam around 2016 and belied identification for several years before the owner decided to thoroughly research his find. The coin is thought to have come from the Quincy Family of Boston, a political dynasty that included Abigail Adams, whose husband John was ambassador to the Netherlands in the 1770s and 1780s.

這件作品於 2016 年左右在阿姆斯特丹的舊櫃子中被發現，在主人決定徹底研究他的發現之前，作品的身份被掩蓋了好幾年。這枚硬幣被認為來自波士頓昆西家族，該家族包括阿比蓋爾·亞當斯 (Abigail Adams)，其丈夫約翰 (John) 曾在 1770 年代和 1780 年代擔任駐荷蘭大使。

Two examples of the (1652) New England shilling were also sold in today’s auction, bringing $60,000 and $192,000. Among other highlights, a silver Libertas Americana medal, struck in Paris in 1783 at Benjamin Franklin’s order as a commemorative of American independence, brought $144,000.

今天的拍賣會上還售出兩枚（1652 年）新英格蘭先令，分別售出 6 萬美元和 19.2 萬美元。其他亮點包括一枚美國自由銀質獎章，該獎章是 1783 年應本傑明·富蘭克林 (Benjamin Franklin) 之命在巴黎鑄造的，旨在紀念美國獨立，售價為 144,000 美元。

The sale of this New England threepence marks the 58th time Stack’s Bowers Galleries has sold a coin at auction for $1 million or more. Additional $1+ million collectibles sold by the firm include the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize medal and several rare pieces of paper money.

這枚新英格蘭三便士硬幣的拍賣標誌著 Stack's Bowers Galleries 第 58 次在拍賣會上以 100 萬美元或以上的價格出售硬幣。該公司另外出售的價值超過 100 萬美元的收藏品包括 1936 年諾貝爾和平獎獎章和幾張稀有紙幣。