Premier Rare Coins: Year 2006

This page brings us market activity for America's premier rare coins in the year 2006. Listed below are selling prices realized in the year 2006 of the most rare US Mint coins, sorted by Month Sold.

The Month Sold rare coin database sort is broken into three sections, to speed up download times. The sorted sections are: Rare Coin Sales from Years 2002-2003, Years 2004-2005, Year 2006 (see below), Year 2007, Year 2008, Year 2009, or Year 2010.

In addition to being sorted by Month and Year, the prices of rare coins database is also arranged according to Face Value and Selling Price. You can access these other sort options by choosing the "Link to Rare American Coins Database" feature located on this page, located at the upper right hand corner of this page.  Sub categories underneath these headings are designed to help you zero in more quickly on coins you want to study.

Prices of many rare coins hit all-time highs in 2006, only to be surpassed in the months ahead. Some market analysts thought prices would soften considerably after 2006, but that did not happen. This typified a trend that has persisted throughout most of this decade. Even in a weak 2009-10 economy, numismatic buying remains robust, as investors seek the safety of gold and silver coins.