Time to dispose of your childhood coin collection? When I was growing up in Zurich, the Swiss authorities stopped using silver to mint the franc, and instead switched to a base-metal alloy. It was ...

The historic achievement of humans landing on the Moon has inspired several commemorative coins and medals. These ...

I’m visiting my parents on Cape Cod this month. My father recently turned 90, and my mother decided to open the long-buried safe where my father kept his coin collection. This offered a brief moment ...

For the past century, one of the most valuable collections of coins ever assembled has been hidden away in Denmark, its location known only to a handful of designated stewards. The situation was ...

American commerce was anarchic during George Washington's first term as President. Merchants used a jumble of coins from Europe because the United States lacked a mint of its own. So in 1792 ...

Vanessa Szabo, 37, Vancouver, B.C. I’ve always been interested in investing—though not necessarily through the common method of stocks and bonds. Living in Vancouver with my two kids—Colton, 10 and ...

A LUCKY homeowner has revealed how they discovered a coin collection that could be worth thousands after moving in. Taking to Reddit the man shared a snap of the Republic of Panama coin collection, ...