The destruction of a 200-year-old tavern in Ohio has turned a local disaster into a rare archaeological windfall, exposing a ...

Dollar Error For a Lincoln cent, however, the 1943 copper penny is extremely valuable, with circulated examples selling at ...

The U.S. Treasury Department announced that it has stopped producing pennies, ending more than 230 years of minting the 1-cent coin.

The doubloons, dollars and denarii of the American Numismatic Society will leave their overlooked home in Manhattan for a ...

Princeton University’s Numismatic Collection is a way to come into direct contact with the past. In addition to students ...

A historic moment for numismatics as longtime collector and dealer Paul Hollis becomes the first numismatist nominated to lead the U.S. Mint.

When you were a kid, you might have played “treasure hunter” in your parents’ or grandparents’ attic, digging through old trunks or chests of drawers for imaginary pirates’ gold. You probably never ...

The gold coin unearthed by a metal detectorist in a field in Gundorf, northwest of Leipzig in Germany, may be small, but it belies a considerable history. The Saxon State Office of Archaeology, to ...

The 2,200-year-old coin is made of 99 percent pure gold and features an animal's face on one side and Celtic symbols on the other. In July 2025, a metal detectorist near Leipzig, Germany, made a ...

A German metal detectorist located a massive Roman silver hoard in 2017, but for the last eight years, he’s kept it hidden from government officials. Made public this year, the hoard was illegally ...

Old coins can gather dirt, grease, or corrosion over time. Cleaning them can make them look better and easier to identify. However, it is important to be careful because improper cleaning can damage ...