Checkout the list of Top 10 Rarest Coins on Earth

Published By: David Smith @talktalknews.co.uk

1. SICILY's Dionysios Coin (406-367 B.C.)

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2. ELAGABALUS Aureus (A.D. 218-222)

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3. FLORIANUS Aureus (A.D. 276)

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4. VALERIAN II's Aureus (A.D. 256-258)

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5. MESSANA Coin (Ca. 420-413 B.C.)

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6. PTOLEMAIC EGYPT's Arsinoe II (Died 270-68 B.C.)

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7. ITALY's Kaulonia Stater

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8. PELOPONNESOS Olympia Stater

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9. THE BRETTII Bruttium (Ca. 221-201 B.C.)

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10. SICILY's Katane Tetradrachm

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