More than 30,000 ancient coins found off the coast of Italy 00:50. One dollar will be worth a lot more than that — as a rare 1776 continental dollar coin is set to go to auction next month.

A Continental dollar from 1776 sold for over $32,000 at an auction last week, after it was found in an old toffee tin. The coin was designed by Benjamin Franklin.

Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm across and is made of pewter, minted in 1776, according to SWNS. “This coin represents a discovery that is in the ...

Rare 1776 Continental Dollar Found In Toffee Tin, ... Known as a Continental Dollar, the coin, made of pewter and measuring 38mm (0.1247 foot) across, was minted in 1776.

The Continental Dollar will be the star of a specialist sale at Wotton Auction Rooms on Thursday, Oct 3rd. The post Rare 1776 coin discovered in toffee tin up for auction appeared first on Talker .

An incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence found in a toffee tin has sold for £25,000 ($32,000). Known as a Continental Dollar the coin measuring 38mm ...

The pewter coin, known as the Continental Dollar, was minted in 1776. Just 6,000 were made and fewer than 100 are still in existence - and one was recently found in a toffee tin ...

HIGH PRICES FOR COINS.; " Continental Currency" Dollar of 1776 Fetches $500 at Auction. Share full article. Special to The New York Times. May 2, 1904; ...

One dollar will be worth a lot more than that — as a rare 1776 continental dollar coin is set to go to auction next month. Wotton Auction Rooms told CBS News in an email that one of its clients ...

One dollar will be worth a lot more than that — as a rare 1776 continental dollar coin is set to go to auction next month. Wotton Auction Rooms told CBS News in an email that one of its clients ...