阿姆斯特丹旧柜子中发现的稀有 17 世纪硬币在拍卖会上以破纪录的 252 万美元成交

1652 年新英格兰三便士大小约为 5 分镍币，在波士顿铸造，三个多世纪后被发现

A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was found in an old cabinet in Amsterdam.

一枚罕见的 17 世纪硬币在阿姆斯特丹的一个旧柜子中被发现八年后，在拍卖会上以破纪录的 252 万美元成交。

The 1652 New England threepence, which is about the size of a nickel, was struck in Boston and found over three centuries later, inside an old cabinet in Amsterdam around 2016, according to a news release Monday from Stack’s Bowers Galleries, which handled the auction. The owner had no idea how valuable the discovery was for several years until he decided to thoroughly research the small, worn disk with three Roman numerals on one side and “NE” on the other.

据负责此次拍卖的 Stack's Bowers Galleries 周一发布的新闻稿称，这枚 1652 年新英格兰三便士大小约为 5 分镍币，是在波士顿铸造的，三个多世纪后，于 2016 年左右在阿姆斯特丹的一个旧柜子里被发现。 。多年来，主人并不知道这一发现有多么有价值，直到他决定彻底研究这个磨损的小圆盘，一侧有三个罗马数字，另一侧有“NE”。

Weighing just 1.1 grams, the value in silver was just $1.03 as of Monday’s market, but its rarity and rich history raised the price to a new record for any non-gold U.S. coin struck before the founding of the United States Mint, according to the gallery. The previous record was $646,250.

据美国造币厂称，白银重量仅为 1.1 克，截至周一市场的价值仅为 1.03 美元，但其稀有性和丰富的历史使白银的价格创下了美国造币厂成立之前铸造的非金币的新纪录。画廊。之前的纪录是 646,250 美元。

The threepence coin is thought to have come from the politically powerful Quincy family of Boston, which included the first lady of the United States, Abigail Adams, wife of President John Adams. Before serving as the second president of the United States, John Adams was also the fledgling country’s first ambassador to The Netherlands.

三便士硬币被认为来自波士顿政治上有权有势的昆西家族，其中包括美国第一夫人、约翰·亚当斯总统的妻子阿比盖尔·亚当斯。在担任美国第二任总统之前，约翰·亚当斯也是这个新兴国家的首任驻荷兰大使。

New England threepence coins are exceedingly rare – the only other known example has been in the care of the Massachusetts Historical Society for 120 years.

新英格兰三便士硬币极其罕见——唯一已知的一枚硬币已由马萨诸塞州历史学会保管了 120 年。

“This is one of the most important coins in all of American numismatics,” Professional Coin Grading Service President Stephanie Sabin told Coin World. “Since before the Civil War, collectors have regarded the 1652 New England threepence as the single-rarest American colonial coin. And for more than a century it’s been known as entirely unobtainable for private collectors.

“这是美国钱币学领域最重要的硬币之一，”专业硬币评级服务总裁斯蒂芬妮·萨宾 (Stephanie Sabin) 告诉《硬币世界》。 “自内战之前以来，收藏家就将 1652 年新英格兰三便士视为最稀有的美国殖民地硬币。一个多世纪以来，它一直被认为是私人收藏家完全买不到的。

The bidding war for the coin, which reached a price three times higher than initial projections, was “an exhilarating ride,” according to auctioneer Ben Orooji, who called the 12-minute contest “a career highlight.”

拍卖师本·奥鲁吉 (Ben Orooji) 表示，这枚硬币的竞价战是“一次令人兴奋的旅程”，其价格比最初预计的高出三倍，他称这场 12 分钟的比赛是“职业生涯的亮点”。