Million-dollar rarities: Coins like the 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar and 1944 S steel cent can command prices well into the millions due to extreme scarcity. 1940s treasures: Wartime minting changes and ...

People with visions of instant wealth usually buy a lottery ticket or hit the casino. Most don't think about searching for rare coins. But if you come across the right one, it could turn you into a ...

Most people treat a junk drawer like a graveyard for forgotten odds and ends. Old batteries, mystery keys, takeout menus from ...

If you’re just starting out with coin collecting, knowing which coins to look for can feel a bit overwhelming. There are countless types of coins, but some stand out because they’re rare, valuable, ...

The most expensive coin collection ever assembled numbers 15,000 coins—it’s so large and historically thorough that it’s being sold in a series of 15 auctions set to spread out over three years.

The current dodecagonal-shaped 50c coin contains 75 per cent copper and 25 per cent nickel. Joel Kandiah, a numismatist from ...

Two more ancient coins have been discovered at the original site of the Great Baddow Hoard, Essex.

In a classic example of lucky metal detectorists triggering an archaeological investigation, a group of metal detecting enthusiasts in England discovered a rare hoard of early medieval Anglo-Saxon ...