在阿姆斯特丹的一个旧柜子里发现的一枚美国革命前的美国银币在拍卖会上以 252 万美元的价格售出，打破了之前的记录

三便士硬币于 1652 年在波士顿铸造，距离第一座铸币厂在殖民地成立仅几周

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.

在阿姆斯特丹的一个旧柜子里发现的一枚独立战争前的美国银币在拍卖会上以 252 万美元的价格售出，打破了之前的纪录。

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.

根据此次拍卖的 Stack's Bowers Galleries 拍卖行的一份声明，这枚三便士硬币于 1652 年在波士顿铸造，距离该殖民地第一座铸币厂建成仅几周。

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.

这枚硬币最初于 2016 年在荷兰被发现，藏在一个纸板盒中，上面刻有以下信息：“银币未知/来自昆西家族/B. Ma. Dec，1798”。店主并不知道他偶然发现了一段美国历史。

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.

经过广泛的测试和分析以验证其真实性后，专业硬币评级服务机构（PCGS）（一家对硬币进行评级的独立机构）确定该硬币是真品。

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.

波士顿造币厂出品的三便士硬币价值极高，因为只有一枚硬币被找回。另一枚幸存的硬币收藏于马萨诸塞州历史学会。结果，这一发现在硬币收藏界引起了震动，并促使许多人深入挖掘自己的积蓄，以期有机会拥有这枚令人垂涎的硬币。

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.

硬币的一侧有 NE 标记，代表新英格兰，另一侧有罗马数字表示其价值，很容易识别硬币。三便士硬币有三个罗马数字标记，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."

据马萨诸塞州历史学会称，波士顿造币厂的工人很快开始抵制英国铸造硬币的权威，反映出该殖民地“日益增长的独立于母国的认同感及其监管自身经济的决心”。

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.

这次叛乱还意味着带有 NE 标记和罗马数字的硬币可能只生产了几个月，如今存世的硬币已经很少了。

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，英国收藏家托马斯·布兰德·霍利斯 (Thomas Brand Hollis) 写信给当时担任美国驻荷兰大使的约翰·亚当斯 (John Adams)，寻求帮助寻找一枚波士顿造币厂硬币。

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.

亚当斯随后得到了妻子阿比盖尔的帮助，因为她的曾祖父与当时铸造硬币的银匠约翰·赫尔是继兄弟。

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，钱币收藏界获得了一系列昂贵的新横财。 10 月，一枚罕见的印刷错误的美国硬币以 50 万美元的价格售出。

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 月晚些时候，一个家庭发现他们收藏的金币价值高达 200 万美元。他们最初怀疑它的售价不会超过 10 万美元。