The metal’s highest prices in a generation have Americans sifting through coin jars, jewelry boxes and kitchen drawers.

GHENT, N.Y. — This winter I made a concerted, and frankly impressive, effort to purge our basement of ancient files. I found it a challenge any longer to make the argument that the voluminous notes I ...

As the US mints its last penny, I can't help feeling nostalgic for the tiny coin that shaped my childhood and still brings me ...

Sometimes the coins we use every day might be worth more than their face value. I've found that taking a second look at the coins in my pocket or change jar can lead to surprising discoveries. Knowing ...

Every day on the way to class, I hear the clink of silver jingling in my pocket. Yes, I know not many coins are minted in silver anymore, but this is not the case throughout the history of our world.

New pictures of coins from a 300-year-old shipwreck off the coast of Colombia help tell the story of the ship's journey. More than 300 years ago, June of 1708, British forces attacked a Spanish ...

A cache of ancient coins found buried in a Welsh field is reportedly more than two millennia old — and may have been hidden by Roman soldiers from the nearby fort of Canovium. Two men — David Moss and ...

Some old coins and banknotes are selling for more than the cost of a home. These collectibles are drawing six-figure bids from buyers, pushing them into the same conversation as traditional ...

A 2,000-year-old hoard of Celtic gold coins called "rainbow cups," referring to the legendary pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, was unearthed in Brandenburg, Germany in 2017. The results of the ...

A nearly 200-year-old West Point time capsule that appeared to yield little more than dust when it was opened during a disappointing livestream contained hidden treasure after all, the U.S. Military ...