A tiny, early American silver coin personally authorized by President George Washington 215 years ago has been purchased for a record $1,500,000 by a California educational foundation.

The U.S. Treasury Department will have a $1 billion public exhibit and many of the world’s most famous and valuable rare coins will be displayed in Atlanta for the first time during the National Money Show™ in the Cobb Galleria Centre, Halls C & D, 2 Galleria Parkway, April 7 – 9, 2006.

New York Style doubloons top $2 million each.