1793 Penny Fetches $1.38 Million At An Orlando Auction

I never find anything like this in my change from Wal-Mart.

I've been an on-again/off-again numismatist since I was a boy. I've always actually been surprised at how low the selling prices of super-rare, one-of-a-kind coins actually is.

Over $1M sounds like a lot, but for real history it isn't that much in my mind. Some of these coins have real stories behind them; intrigue and suspense. Some are absolutely the only one of their kind. They can be beautiful, too.

Fine art goes for many multiples of a million dollars and nobody blinks an eye. I would have expected rare coins to have surpassed the $10M mark a long time ago.