Ten Million Dollar Baby

Six years ago there sold a coin, the most expensive ever known;
Collected from around the World, much interest in it shown!
Consigned to “Stacks and Bowers”, a most prestigious numismatic firm;
To be sold to the highest bidder, quick payment was the terms!
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It was a 1794 U.S. silver dollar, its condition like brand-new;
Just as the specimen in The Smithsonian, one of only known two!
It is said that its metal content, came from George Washington himself;
Taking silverware that he and Martha, had upon their dining room shelf!
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Conjecture was running rampant, as to what the coin would bring;
Expectations around three million, that the cash register would ring!
When the day came for the auction, the phone lines were totally full;
Along with attending buyers, “what price should I pay, they mulled?”!
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But few in the market ever expected, its unbelievable hammer price;
A “Ten Million Dollar Baby”, multiplying estimates over thrice!
It was purchased by a corporation, planning to keep it for some years;
Who knows how much it will bring the next time, only the wisest of all seers!
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Ten million dollars
Paid for a one-dollar coin
Highest inflation