A unique item that is worth thousands was recently found at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in Gloucestershire, England, recently came across an old coin when ...

If you have a coin collection, something might be hiding inside that’s worth much more than its weight in gold. The post-pandemic era is shaping up to be a great time in the history of numismatics, ...

Among the most valuable coins in history, certain pieces stand out not only for their rarity but also for their historical ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the year the coin was made. (NEXSTAR) – A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was ...

An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old ...

ORLANDO (CBSMiami) -- A rare penny that was found in a teen's cafeteria change in 1947 is being auctioned off this week in Florida. The coin was mistakenly minted in copper in 1943 when all US pennies ...

This coin was worth half a dollar when it was made in 1838. It has now sold for $504,000 at auction. The 1838-O Capped Bust Half Dollar was auctioned on Friday in Baltimore by auction house Stack’s ...

An extremely rare half-dollar coin from 1838, now valued at as much as $500,000, is set for auction this week. The 1838-O Capped Bust half dollar is one of only nine that are known to exist, according ...

The biggest American coin collection in private hands will go up for bid in a series of auctions expected to reap more than $200 million. The dazzling array of gold and silver currency dating to the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - 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 ...