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At $5 billion a year, the rare-coin market is so big that when the government lays claim to some marquee pieces in private hands, the decision makes national headlines.

Steven L. Contursi, who has owned a mint-condition 1794 Liberty dollar for the past seven years, confirmed Thursday that he sold it to the Cardinal Collection Educational Foundation of Sunnyvale for $7.85 million - setting the new world record for the Most Expensive Coin.

Has buying famous American rare coins gotten too easy?

Steve Contursi, President of Rare Coin Wholesalers, paid $2.76 million Friday for a 1907 gold coin that experts have called the most beautiful in U.S. currency.

Steven Contursi made headlines last year when he sold a rare coin for a record-breaking $7.85 million, and the Laguna Beach resident has again broken the $7 million mark.

The Edward C. Rochette Money Museum collection now contains a 1792 Half Disme, thanks to the generosity of a California coin dealer.

Historically significant coin valued at more than $220,000.