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Legendary Rarities to Bring Millions in Stack’s Baltimore Sale

It’s a numismatist’s delight as several world-class rarities come up for bid in Stack’s Bowers Galleries’ official auction of the Baltimore Whitman Coin & Collectibles Expo March 18-20 at the Baltimore Convention Center.

An 1804 silver dollar, what Stack’s Bowers calls “a million dollar piece of Baltimore history,” will cross the block on March 20.

The rare piece, one of just 15 known to exist, is “the most famous prize in coin collecting,” according to the auction house, who expects the coin to bring between

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