New England coin could fetch $A400,000

By Mark Pratt
Updated October 21 2021 - 4:42pm, first published 4:40pm
A coin minted in the 1600s in New England could sell for about $A400,000 when auctioned in London.
A coin minted in the 1600s in New England could sell for about $A400,000 when auctioned in London.

An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $A400,000 when it's put up for auction in London next month.

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