No matter the market conditions, gold coins typically remain valuable assets. They can hedge against inflation and be sold easily if you need cash. Those are just a couple of the reasons investors and ...

Sometimes, luck will strike when you’re rooting through your grandfather’s attic. Or when you happen to put your hand in the pocket of your new thrift store coat. High-value coins can be hiding almost ...

A Chinese coin certified by Sarasota-based Numismatic Guaranty Company sold at an auction for more than $2 million, a record for a Chinese coin certified by the company. The vintage coin, which ...

The coins are inscribed with rare symbols that held a special meaning to ancient cultures. Archaeologists have gained insight into vast Southeast Asian trade networks through new research into coins ...

Examinations of several silver coins from the first millennium have provided multiple insights into ancient Southeast Asian trade. The results of the investigation were published in the journal ...

An ultra-rare Chinese silver dollar minted in 1911 could net $500,000 at an auction in New York on Jan. 17. The coin was designed by Italian engraver Luigi Giorgi, who served as head of the Central ...

A Chinese coin about 600 years old was recently unearthed on an island just off the coast of Kenya. If it proves to be authentic, the coin could show that the Chinese explorer Zheng He — like a ...

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will display selected numismatic objects recently acquired from the collection of Howard F. Bowker beginning Nov. 8. The New Acquisitions case ...