Last year was a lucrative one for sellers of rare coins, as one auction house sold five specimens for more than $1 million each — including one that fetched a record price in its category.

1795 Half-Cent Struck Over a 1795 Cent Minting errors were happening even in the early days of US coin production ... the design of the penny. The coin is very rare and sold for $444,000 in ...

the American Civil War also saw the Confederacy minting a few coins (we're talking very, very few). The Confederate coins are ...

Two coins found on farmland are "very rare" survivors from a Saxon mint, a treasure inquest has heard. The coins were found by a metal detectorist in adjacent fields at Southoe in Cambridgeshire.

If you’ve ever come across a handful of old coins tucked away in a drawer, now’s the time to take a second look. While most coins are only worth their face value, certain rare coins could be ...

"This is a major archaeological discovery, as it is extremely rare to ... "What is very unusual is the combination of the size of the hoard and the material: apparently 141 gold coins in total ...