As with just about any asset, a coin’s value is determined by its market demand. This means that coins in short supply often see higher demand — and higher values. With coins, supplies are limited ...

However, while most dimes in circulation aren’t typically valuable in the same way as rare and collectible coins, there are ...

Some of the world’s most expensive coins are among the rarest, and many have a great story behind that rarity. Not all rare coins are super expensive, so coin collecting can be an affordable hobby, ...

The most expensive coin collection ever assembled numbers 15,000 coins—it’s so large and historically thorough that it’s being sold in a series of 15 auctions set to spread out over three years.

Alternative investments go in and out of fashion and are often where the novice meets the expert. My old didactic joke goes: “What do you know about X?” – X being any subject you like. The reply is ...

A team of divers has discovered a series of rare gold and silver coins at the site of a 300-year-old shipwreck, worth upwards of $1million (£800,000). The haul comprises 1,051 silver pieces and five ...

A metal detectorist from England spent six years searching a single field before locating a rare Roman coin from 69 A.D.

Excavations on a parking lot in Jerusalem revealed a rare gold coin from more than 2,000 years ago. The coin depicts Queen Berenice II of Egypt—a queen who once ordered the murder of a potential ...

Eddie Lipsman could barely contain his metal detector when he passed by a large stone in the Sussita National Park in Israel’s Galilee region. “The device went crazy, I couldn’t believe it,” he said, ...