三姐妹将拍卖价值超过50万美元的稀有硬币

俄亥俄州托莱多：来自美国俄亥俄州的三姐妹继承了存放在银行金库 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。

Three sisters from Ohio, in the US, inherited a dime coin that was kept in a bank vault for over 40 years. They knew the coin had some value, but they never imagined just how much until recently.

来自美国俄亥俄州的三姐妹继承了一枚一角硬币，这枚硬币在银行金库中保存了 40 多年。他们知道这枚硬币有一定的价值，但直到最近他们才想象到有多少价值。

The extraordinarily rare coin, minted in San Francisco in 1975, could fetch over US$500,000, according to Ian Russell, president of GreatCollections, a currency specialist handling an online auction that will conclude in October.

GreatCollections 总裁伊恩·拉塞尔 (Ian Russell) 表示，这枚 1975 年在旧金山铸造的极为罕见的硬币可能售价超过 50 万美元。GreatCollections 是一位货币专家，负责将于 10 月份结束的在线拍卖。

What makes the dime, featuring President Franklin D Roosevelt, so valuable is the missing “S” mint mark for San Francisco, making it one of only two such coins known to exist. The other coin sold at a 2019 auction for US$456,000 before being sold again months later to a private collector.

印有富兰克林·D·罗斯福总统头像的一角硬币之所以如此珍贵，是因为缺少旧金山的“S”铸币标志，使其成为已知存在的仅有的两枚此类硬币之一。另一枚硬币在 2019 年的一次拍卖会上以 456,000 美元的价格售出，几个月后再次出售给一位私人收藏家。

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

虽然严肃的硬币收藏家很早就知道这两种稀有的 10 角硬币，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。 “大多数主要收藏家和经销商都从未见过。”

The San Francisco mint produced over 2.8 million special uncirculated “proof” sets in 1975, each containing six coins and sold for US$7. A few years later, collectors discovered that two dimes from the set were missing the mint mark.

1975 年，旧金山造币厂生产了超过 280 万枚特殊的未流通“精制”套装，每套包含 6 枚硬币，售价 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。