The 1795 dollar in MS–70 grade sold for $10,016,875 at a November 2013 Stack's Bowers "Whitman Coins & Collectibles Baltimore Expo". This coin held the record for being the most expensive US$1 coin until August 2021, at which point an 1804 dollar (Class I) broke the record with a price of $10,016,875.
The 1795 Flowing Hair dollar, rated PCGS MS-65, sold at auction for $2,350,000 on April 20, 2017, by Stack's Bowers Galleries.
Louis VIII was the son of Philippe II and Isabelle de Hainaut, he was the husband of Blanche de Castile. During the reign of his father, he fought fiercely against the English and King John Lackland in 1214 at La Roche-aux-Moines, which earned him the offer of the crown of England by the English bar
French artist, writer and intellectual, Lucie Cousturier (1876 – 1925) is part of the movement of neo-impressionism and pointillism, with her landscapes and luminous outdoor works. A committed woman, she published several works against colonialism. A young pointillist Lucie Cousturier was born as
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