A 400-year-old gold coin dating to the time of King Charles I that was found in a pile of loose change is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it is auctioned off next month. The coin, a gold ...

A unique item that is worth thousands was recently found at the bottom of a toffee tin. Wotton Auction Rooms, an auction house based in Gloucestershire, England, recently came across an old coin when ...

An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence coin ...

Not everyone looks at the Ides of March as a dark day. For some, it was the exact opposite. In fact, there was at least one very important person in ancient Rome who saw fit to celebrate the day ...

A gold coin from the first century B.C.E. featuring Brutus, the close ally and assassin of Julius Caesar, is anticipated to sell for more than $1.1 million at an auction in Switzerland. The profile of ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to correct the year the coin was made. (NEXSTAR) – A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was ...

An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old ...

A $10,000 bill from 1934 sold for a record $480,000 at an auction in Texas auction — while a $20 coin minted in 1899 also set a record when it sold for nearly the same amount as the banknote, ...

One night two decades ago, in a valley outside Jerusalem, a group of looters dug up a startling piece of ancient Jewish history: A silver quarter shekel minted nearly 2,000 years ago at the Temple ...

A two-gram, 2,200-year-old coin discovered by a metal detectorist northwest of Leipzig is the oldest known coin in Saxony.

"The 2012 Olympic Handover £2 coin was also produced in the following finishes: uncirculated, brilliant uncirculated in a ...

A lucky couple discovered some ancient coins at the back of their house. The coins which were buried in the 1530s are set to ...