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这枚由本杰明·富兰克林设计的硬币于 10 月 3 日拍卖,售价为 25,000 英镑,相当于 32,000 多美元。
An auction house in the United Kingdom recently sold one of America's oldest coins for a hefty price.
英国一家拍卖行最近以高价出售了一枚美国最古老的硬币。
The artifact, which was found at the bottom of a toffee tin, went under the hammer on Oct. 3. The coin was sold by Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in the Cotswolds.
这件文物是在太妃糖罐的底部发现的,于 10 月 3 日被拍卖。这枚硬币由位于科茨沃尔德的沃顿拍卖行拍卖。
The coin is a Continental Currency dollar that was minted in 1776, making it one of the United States' earliest coins. It sold for 25,000 pounds – equal to over $32,000 American dollars.
该硬币是 1776 年铸造的大陆货币美元,是美国最早的硬币之一。它的售价为 25,000 英镑,相当于 32,000 多美元。
The outer layer of the pewter coin reads "Continental Currency 1776," and was designed by Benjamin Franklin. The center of the coin depicts the Sun and a sundial, along with the words: "Mind your business."
锡制硬币的外层写有“大陆货币1776”,由本杰明·富兰克林设计。硬币的中心描绘了太阳和日晷,并刻有“管好你的事”字样。
A rare Continental dollar coin from 1776 sold for an eye-popping sum after being found in an old tin. (iStock / SWNS)
一枚 1776 年的稀有大陆美元硬币被发现装在一个旧罐子里,售价令人瞠目结舌。 (iStock / SWNS)
According to Wotton Auction Rooms' website, the coin was "forgotten about" and found in a tin with a number of other trinkets.
据沃顿拍卖行网站称,这枚硬币被“遗忘”,并与许多其他小饰品一起被发现在一个罐子里。
"This example is understood to be totally fresh to the market, having been recently discovered in a local property, unearthed from an old toffee tin containing a collection of jewellery, objet d’art and curiosities, believed to have been sealed and essentially forgotten about for decades," the site describes.
据了解,这个例子对市场来说是完全新鲜的,最近在当地一处房产中被发现,是从一个旧太妃糖罐中出土的,里面装有一系列珠宝、艺术品和珍品,据信已被密封并基本上被遗忘了。几十年来,”该网站描述道。
Auctioneer Joseph Trinder told SWNS that only 6,000 of the coins were minted at the time. He predicts that roughly one hundred 1776 Continental dollars are still around today.
拍卖师 Joseph Trinder 告诉 SWNS,当时仅铸造了 6,000 枚硬币。他预计 1776 年大陆币至今仍有大约 100 枚。
The 1776 continental dollar sold for over $32,000. (SWNS)
1776 年欧陆元售价超过 32,000 美元。 (西南神经系统)
"This coin represents a discovery that is in the top five of my career to date, and the sort of thing every auctioneer up and down the country hopes they’ll find," he remarked.
“这枚硬币是我迄今为止职业生涯中排名前五的发现,也是全国各地拍卖师都希望能找到的东西,”他说道。
The antiques specialist added that the coin was recently shipped to the United States to be authenticated. After a series of tests, experts determined that it was indeed genuine.
这位古董专家补充说,这枚硬币最近被运往美国进行鉴定。经过专家的一系列检测,确定其确实是真品。
"It was examined by a committee of specialists and X-rayed and put through other scientific tests, and we were delighted to receive a notification to tell us that it is genuine," Trinder explained to SWNS in September.
特林德在 9 月份向 SWNS 解释道:“它经过了专家委员会的检查、X 光检查以及其他科学测试,我们很高兴收到通知,告诉我们它是真的。”
"To think this is a coin that dates back to the year of [America's] independence, and to have it found in the U.K., is unique," he added.
“认为这是一枚可以追溯到[美国]独立年份的硬币,并且在英国发现它,是独一无二的,”他补充道。
Joseph Trinder, auctioneer and managing director of Wotton Auction Rooms, said the coin is truly a rare find. (SWNS)
沃顿拍卖行拍卖师兼董事总经理约瑟夫·特林德 (Joseph Trinder) 表示,这枚硬币确实是一件罕见的发现。 (西南神经系统)
Fox News Digital's Brittany Kasko contributed to this report.
福克斯新闻数字频道的布列塔尼·卡斯科 (Brittany Kasko) 对本报告做出了贡献。
Andrea Margolis is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. You can follow her on X at @andreamargs or send story tips to andrea.margolis@fox.com.
安德里亚·马戈利斯 (Andrea Margolis) 是福克斯新闻数字频道和福克斯商业频道的撰稿人。您可以通过 X 在 @andreamargs 上关注她,或将故事提示发送至 andrea.margolis@fox.com。
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