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.

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.

Auctioneer Joseph Trinder said the coin is a continental dollar measuring 38 mm across and is made of pewter, minted in 1776. Matt Bigwood / SWNS ...

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 .

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; ...

But that began to change in 1775, with the introduction of Continental currency, which was issued in dollars—first in paper currency, and then as a dollar coin in 1776.

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 ...

The 1776 continental dollar will go up for auction in October. (SWNS) He added, "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 ...

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 ...

About 20 pewter continental dollars exist in mint condition, said PCGS. In 2008, a pewter continental dollar was auctioned for the record price of $264,500. In 2015, a silver continental dollar ...