1652 年马萨诸塞州三便士以 252 万美元创下世界纪录

1652 年在波士顿铸造的一枚五分镍币大小的小银币，创下了拍卖会的世界纪录

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

1652 年在波士顿铸造的一枚五分镍币大小的小银币在拍卖会上创下了世界纪录。

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.

这件作品在 Stack's Bowers Galleries 举办的一场拍卖会上以 2,520,000 美元（含所有费用）成交，该画廊是美国稀有早期硬币和货币拍卖领域的世界领先者。

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.

该价格轻松超过美国独立战争前铸造的美国硬币 646,250 美元的先前世界纪录价格近 200 万美元。

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 年马萨诸塞州三便士还创下了美国造币厂成立之前铸造的美国非金币的纪录。

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

重量仅为 1.1 克，根据当今市场计算，其白银价值为 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.

新英格兰三便士硬币是在未来的美国第一家铸币厂建成后几周内铸造的，是博物馆外唯一已知的硬币。马萨诸塞州历史学会收藏了一个带孔的标本 120 年。从那时起，没有任何个人收藏家有机会拥有一件作品。如今，许多收藏家都在追逐这个千载难逢的机会。

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 美国钱币总监 John Kraljevich 是这件作品的编目员，他在拍卖后指出，他对这个价格感到“非常惊喜”，这个价格是内部预售预估的三倍多。

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

Stack's Bowers Galleries 的拍卖师 Ben Orooji 称这场 12 分钟的竞价战是“一次令人兴奋的旅程，也是职业生涯的亮点”。

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.

波士顿造币厂生产的所有硬币都很稀缺。 1652 年至 1682 年间，三便士、六便士和先令银币被铸造成四种不同的设计，其中最著名且数量最多的是松树先令，是在造币厂运作的最后十年中铸造的。 1652 年铸造的简单硬币都极为罕见，只有一个代表新英格兰的小 NE 和便士面额（呈现为 III、VI 或 XII）。在 1652 年的 NE 硬币中，三便士是迄今为止最稀有的。

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.

这件作品于 2016 年左右在阿姆斯特丹的一个旧柜子中被发现，在主人决定彻底研究他的发现之前，该作品的身份被掩盖了好几年。这枚硬币被认为来自波士顿昆西家族，该家族包括阿比盖尔·亚当斯 (Abigail Adams)，其丈夫约翰 (John) 曾在 1770 年代和 1780 年代担任驻荷兰大使。

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.

今天的拍卖会上还售出两枚（1652 年）新英格兰先令，分别售出 60,000 美元和 192,000 美元。其他亮点包括一枚美国自由银质奖章，该奖章是 1783 年应本杰明·富兰克林 (Benjamin Franklin) 之命在巴黎铸造的，旨在纪念美国独立，售价为 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.

这枚新英格兰三便士硬币的拍卖标志着 Stack's Bowers Galleries 第 58 次在拍卖会上以 100 万美元或以上的价格出售硬币。该公司另外出售的价值超过 100 万美元的收藏品包括 1936 年诺贝尔和平奖奖章和几张稀有纸币。