A rare silver winner’s medal from the 1896 Athens Olympics sold for $180,690, far above estimate. Engraved by Jules-Clément ...

A well‑preserved Series 1899 $1 silver certificate from the historic Grinnell Collection, graded Choice Uncirculated 64 EPQ, drew strong interest and sold for $5,040 in the Feb. 25–26 Stack’s Bowers ...

The shekel was used as tribute money, as seen depicted in this fresco by Italian renaissance painter Masaccio in Florence. Few words have such long and complex histories, and have held such widespread ...

This 1889-O Morgan dollar was one of many that had its surfaces sandblasted to make it no longer desirable to a collector wanting to remove it from a Nevada casino. In the early 1960s, the owner of ...

Florence as it looked in the mid-16th century is portrayed in a woodcut by Jacob Clauser, printed in Basel, Germany, about 1547 to 1550. Editor's note: The following is the second post in Coin World's ...

Monnaies Françaises has been the bible for the coins of modern France since it was first published in 1973. The 26th edition, subtitled 1789—2023 50th Anniversary edition, is now available from an ...

Legislation introduced in the House and Senate calls for the elimination of the Federal Reserve system that has been in place in the government since 1913. Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie and ...

A 1787 Brasher doubloon set a record for any U.S. gold coin when it realized $9.36 million at Heritage Auctions Jan. 21 sale of the Donald G. Partrick Collection in Dallas. The sale makes it the ...

They were the most beautiful federal notes ever issued, vastly more artistic than anything in circulation in the United States today. And they were abject failures, replaced by new designs within two ...

Series 2013 $1 star notes were printed at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing’s Washington and Fort Worth Facilities in duplicate serial number runs. To date, 11 pairs of notes with the same serial ...

Each year, the Perth Mint provides a special coin that serves as a source of national pride for citizens of Australia. The 2026 Australian Citizenship coin went on sale in early October. “A meaningful ...

A multimillion-dollar hoard of more than 800 U.S. Civil War era coins was recently unearthed in a cornfield somewhere in the state of Kentucky. A multimillion-dollar hoard of more than 800 U.S. Civil ...