A gigantic gold coin made for Spain’s King Philip III in 1609 has become Europe’s most valuable coin after selling for more than £2.6 million at an auction in Switzerland.

NEW YORK — A man using a metal detector discovered a centuries-old Dutch coin on the southern coast of Poland earlier this week, museum officials announced. The coin, a golden ducat, is from the ...

The $2 coin may not be the most commonly used denomination in the United States, but it has produced some of the most ...

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 ...

Pieces once traded during the Greek and Roman eras or salvaged from Spanish shipwrecks continue to be popular with artisans ...

This November will now go down in history. The Philadelphia Mint officially marked the end of an era in the United States by ...

An auction house in the United Kingdom recently sold one of America's oldest coins for a hefty price. The coin, which was found at the bottom of a toffee tin, went under the hammer on Oct. 3. The ...

Mombasa, Kenya: In 1993, a mysterious old coin was found in Likoni, Mombasa, near the former summer palace of the Sultan of Zanzibar, overlooking Kilindini Port. The coin was copper in colour and had ...