#5- 1804 Silver Dollar – Class I (The Watters-Childs Specimen)
Price: $4,140,000
Date Sold: August 30, 1999
Sold By: Bowers & Merena
On the fifth place we have a specimen of the “King of U.S. Coins”. The coin it is the finest known example of the 1804 Silver Dollar and is graded Proof-68 by Professional Coin Grading Service.
In 1999, the 1804 Silver Dollar coin became the most valuable coin.
Some of the previous owners included: The Sultan of Muscat, C.A. Watters, Henry Chapman, Virgil Brand, Charles and Ruth Green, Charles Frederick Childs and the Pogue Family.