1794 Flowing Hair Dollar – $7,850,000

 The first dollar coin issued by the United States federal government. The coin was minted in 1794 and 1795; its size and weight were based on the Spanish dollar, which was popular in trade throughout the Americas. One of the coins was sold in May 2005 for $7.85m and it’s one of the most expensive coins.

The red lady in the green dress $1.3 Million

Printed in 1897 and part of a trial printing, there are only 9 examples of what is recognized as the most expensive Chinese stamp. This most expensive postage stamp is valued at nearly 1.3 million USD.

Double Geneva estimated $70 000

The Double Geneva is a rare Swiss stamp that was issued by the City of Geneva in 1843, making it the third-oldest stamp of the European continent after the Zurich 4 and 6 (1842), and the British Penny Black and Two penny blue, (1840). It bears the name Double Geneva for the double image on the stamp and its place of origin. The estimated value is around 70.000 USD.

1851 British Guiana sold for 1.3 Million Euro in 2008

This most expensive postage stamp is Baden’s first postage stamp and was printed in 1851. Sprung out of an error since green paper was intended for the 6 Kreuzer value, there are only 4 examples of this stamp known at the moment which makes it among the rarest collectible stamps in the world. One of them was sold for 1, 3 million euro in 2008.

British Guiana1856 one cent sol for $900 000 in 1980

This 1856 one cent black on red stamp was once considered to be the world’s most expensive postage stamp. The stamp depicts a ship and also the latin motto of the colony which says “ we give and we seek in return”. Each of the issued stamps had their corners clipped as well as signed by the post office employees in order to prevent replicas.  In 1980 the stamp sold for around 900.000 USD.