Under that law, the franc coin would contain 4.5 grams of silver and 0.5 of alloy metal, for a total weight of five grams. The first 1-franc coin was minted in 1795.

This was the case recently in Paris, where a collection of ultra-rare gold coins was sold for nearly $3.5 million. That part isn't unusual, but the coin's origin story defies belief.

Although the Royal Charter of the Colony of Virginia in 1609 granted the authority to mint coins, the power was never used ...

According to Anne Baud and Anne Flammin, the researchers who led the dig, never before has such a large cache of silver deniers been discovered. They also said that finding such a large amount of ...

The silver could have taken the form of French bowls, plates or spoons before being melted down and refashioned into coins, report experts at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

PARIS (CNN/CNN Newsource/WKRC) - A remarkable collection of historic gold coins, discovered hidden within the walls of a French house, has sold for nearly $3.5 million at a Paris auction.

A French silver coin has been found embedded in the keel of a medieval ship uncovered on the banks of the river Usk in Newport three years ago. The discovery of the 15th Century coin is being ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A hoard of silver coins minted in the Carolingian Empire about 1,200 years ago has been ...