罕见的缺少铸币标记的一角硬币预计在拍卖会上拍出 50 万美元的价格

这枚硬币被称为“1975 年‘无 S’证明一毛钱”，将于周三开始在佛罗里达州坦帕举行的硬币展上展出。

Three sisters from Ohio who inherited a dime kept in a bank vault for more than 40 years knew it had some value. But they had no idea just how much until just a few years ago.

来自俄亥俄州的三姐妹继承了银行金库中保存了 40 多年的一毛钱，她们知道它有一定的价值。但直到几年前他们才知道到底有多少。

The extraordinarily rare coin, struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975, could bring more than $500,000, said Ian Russell, president of GreatCollections, which specializes in currency and is handling an online auction that will end in October.

GreatCollections 总裁伊恩·拉塞尔 (Ian Russell) 表示，这枚极其罕见的硬币于 1975 年由旧金山美国造币厂铸造，售价可能超过 50 万美元。

What makes the dime depicting President Franklin D. Roosevelt so valuable is a missing “S” mint mark for San Francisco, one of just two without the mark known to exist. The other one sold at a 2019 auction for $456,000 and then again months later to a private collector.

描绘富兰克林·罗斯福总统的 10 毛钱之所以如此珍贵，是因为缺少旧金山的“S”铸币标志，这是已知的仅有的两枚没有该标志的硬币之一。另一件在 2019 年的拍卖会上以 456,000 美元的价格售出，几个月后又被一位私人收藏家售出。

While serious coin collectors have long known about the existence of these two rare dimes, their whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s.

虽然严肃的硬币收藏家早已知道这两种稀有 10 角硬币的存在，但自 20 世纪 70 年代末以来，它们的下落一直是个谜。

“They were hidden for decades.” Russell said. “Most major collectors and dealers have never seen one.”

“它们被隐藏了几十年。”拉塞尔说道。 “大多数主要收藏家和经销商都从未见过。”

The mint in San Francisco made more than 2.8 million special uncirculated “proof” sets in 1975 that featured six coins and were sold for $7. Collectors a few years later discovered that two dimes from the set were missing the mint mark.

1975 年，旧金山造币厂铸造了超过 280 万枚特殊的未流通“精制”套装，其中包含六枚硬币，售价为 7 美元。几年后，收藏家发现这套硬币中有两枚缺少造币厂标记。

The sisters from Ohio who inherited one of those two dimes after the recent death of brother want to remain anonymous given their sudden windfall, Russell said.

拉塞尔说，在兄弟最近去世后继承了这两分钱之一的来自俄亥俄州的姐妹们希望保持匿名，因为她们突然获得了意外之财。

They shared with Russell that their brother and mother in 1978 bought the first error coin discovered for $18,200, which would amount to roughly $90,000 today. Their parents, who operated a dairy farm, saw the coin as a financial safety net.

他们告诉 Russell，他们的兄弟和母亲在 1978 年以 18,200 美元的价格购买了第一枚发现的错误硬币，相当于今天的大约 90,000 美元。他们的父母经营一家奶牛场，他们将硬币视为金融安全网。

One of the sisters said her brother often talked about the rare coin. But she never saw it first-hand until last year.

其中一位姐妹说，她哥哥经常谈论这种稀有的硬币。但直到去年她才亲眼目睹。

Russell, whose company is based in Irvine, California, said their brother reached out to him about seven years ago and eventually told him about the coin. He too kept the secret.

拉塞尔的公司总部位于加利福尼亚州欧文市，他说他们的兄弟大约七年前联系了他，并最终告诉了他有关这枚硬币的信息。他也保守了这个秘密。

When Russell told one of the sisters just a few years ago about the coin’s potential value, he said she remarked “is that really possible?”

几年前，当拉塞尔告诉其中一位姐妹有关这枚硬币的潜在价值时，他说她说“这真的可能吗？”

Now the coin, known as the “1975 ‘no S’ proof dime,” will be displayed at a coin show beginning Wednesday in Tampa, Florida, and before the auction closes in late October, Russell said.

罗素表示，现在这枚被称为“1975 年‘无 S’证明一毛钱”的硬币将于周三开始在佛罗里达州坦帕举行的硬币展上展出，拍卖将于 10 月底结束。

While there is a chance more examples of the rare dime are out there, they would only be found among the 1975 “proof” sets and not in anyone’s pocket change, Russell said.

Russell 表示，虽然有可能存在更多稀有 10 角硬币的例子，但它们只能在 1975 年的“精制”套装中找到，而不是在任何人的零钱中。

Still, he expects this latest discovery to set off a lot of searching.

尽管如此，他预计这一最新发现将引发大量搜索。