Another piece was auctioned off for about $1.3 million in the same year. In 2005, one of the dimes was sold for $1 million. Since the late 1990s, the surviving 1894-S Barber dimes have been auctioned on multiple occasions. Out of those 24, only nine coins are known to survive today. The Barber dime never entered circulation, in fact, only 24 pieces were produced. One of the world’s most valuable coins, the 1894-S Barber dime is a rarity. 1894-S Barber dimeĪn 1894-S Barber dime | Image Courtesy: PCGS One of these garnered almost $1.3 million at an auction in 2011. Like gold 10000 Yuan coins, ten pieces of 2000 Yuan were minted to commemorate various Chinese achievements in 1992. One of these coins was sold for $1.5 million in 2011. While one side of the coin features the Temple of Heaven, a collage of all previous Panda coin designs is on the other. In 1991, to acknowledge the 10th anniversary of the first Panda gold coin, the Chinese government issued ten 10,000 Yuan Panda gold coins. Each coin weighs around 5 kg. Price: $1.5 and $1.2 million, respectively
