The Brasher Doubloon is steeped in historic reverence and mystique. It dates to Colonial America and the dawning of the new federal government, when Spanish gold doubloons circulated alongside other ...

An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London ...

Historic prices, young collectors, and rare finds shine at Minted MNL’s 2025 Year-End Show A Spanish-Philippine colonial coin with an original face value of eight reales or the equivalent of one US ...

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 ...

The 1933 Double Eagle - America's Most Expensive Coin When it comes to coins that have shattered all expectations, the 1933 ...

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Early American currency wasn’t always American. Up until 1857, foreign coins were accepted as legal tender because there weren’t enough domestic coins to go around. Another result of the shortage: To ...

A rare coin minted in colonial New England sold for $350,000 at auction Friday, even more than the auctioneer expected. The one-shilling coin was made in Boston in 1652, one of the first coins ever ...

BOSTON (AP) — One of the first coins minted in Colonial New England, which was recently found among other coins in a candy tin, has sold at auction for more than $350,000, more than it was expected to ...

An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London ...

An extraordinarily rare coin with a face value of just pennies when it was minted in mid-17th century New England could sell for the equivalent of about $300,000 when it's put up for auction in London ...