a rare five dollar gold piece  and a prized silver dollar each could fetch $10 million or more  in upcoming auctions, making the american rare coin market as  attractive, though not nearly as glamorous, as fine art sales of rare us coins reached a record of nearly $536  million last year, and now collectors are turning to the d brent pogue collection, which could boost it higher gathered over more than 30 years by texas property developer  a mack pogue and his son, d brent, it is considered the most  valuable collection of federal american coins dating from the  1790s to the late 1830s in private hands scroll down for video  above, a rare 1822 half eagle five dollar gold piece, one of only three known to exist the rare five dollar gold piece and a prized silver dollar each could fetch $10 million or more in upcoming auctions  an 1822 half eagle five dollar gold piece, one of only three  known to exist, and an 1804 silver dollar dubbed the 'king of  american coins' are expected to be among the top lots when the  collection is sold in a series of auctions in new york beginning  in may and continuing into 2017 'these two coins in particular, we think, have a possibility  of being up around that $10 million mark,' brian kendrella, the  president of stack's bowers galleries, told reuters the rare coin and currency auctioneer, which is handling the  sales with sotheby's, believes the coins could shatter the $10  million record set in 2013 for a 1794 silver dollar although jaw dropping prices for contemporary art grabbed  headlines in 2014, rare coins also had a banner year and are  among the biggest collectibles behind art and antiques a 200 year old silver dollar dubbed the''king of american coins,' is seen in an undated handout photo courtesy of pcgs  coin sales are driven by the economy, but kendrella said  investors and collectors are also lured by the rarity,  uniqueness, condition and historical links of coins 'they are artifacts that speak to what was going on in the  united states at the time these coins were made,' he said 'that's one of the main draws' with a dozen coins selling for $1 million or more in 2014  and the first gold coin struck for the united states fetching  $45 million, the nonprofit professional numismatists guild  estimates the overall us rare coin market to be worth about $5  billion walter husak, a retired aerospace entrepreneur based in  california, knows just how lucrative it can be a collection of  301 rare penny coins dating from 1793 to 1814 that he gathered  over more than 13 years sold in 2008 for $107 million, about  double what he invested in it 'i never thought it would go up that much,' he said 'there  are a lot of people getting involved in coins' barry stuppler, secretary of the professional numismatists  guild, has seen plenty of changes in his 52 years in the coin  business, with buyers increasing in recent years 'it is a combination of the economy coming back,' he said of  the market, 'and the fact that interest rates are very low' the internet also has been 'a tremendous, tremendous source  of new buyers and sellers of coins that we didn't have 20 years  ago,' said stuppler demand for rare, investment quality coins, graded and  certified by the guild and the florida based numismatic guaranty  corporation, is high and supply is low 'the rarities do the best, particularly gold and silver  coins,' said stuppler 'the pogue collection is extraordinary'
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collection of vintage us coins from the d brent pogue collection expected to go on auction in new york in may 