There's an old saying about not taking any wooden nickels -- but what if it was actually a dime, and what if that was worth millions of dollars? Of course, the proverbial wooden nickel isn't worth ...

Although it might sound counter-intuitive, cleaning your rare coins can degrade their value. Old coins tend to collect grit — and character — over time, which is normal. If you clean away the ...

A Merovingian gold coin, approximately 1,300 years old, was discovered in the Altmark ... a gold content of twelve percent. "As a store of value or in exchange for goods, this coin, due to its ...

Ron Walters, 76, hit the jackpot when he uncovered the nearly 2,000 year old gold coin last May on land he had been exploring for six years in Wall Heath, near Dudley, West Mids. Believed to be ...

A resident of a southwest German town working on a construction project unearthed a stash of medieval coins minted around 1320 AD. The value of the roughly 1,600 coins recovered was deemed enough ...

A vast coin ... value of the coins, some of which could be traced back to auctions of some of the greatest collections of late 19th and early 20th centuries. Among the highlights is a 100 ducat ...

A rare gold coin which was discovered by a metal detectorist in a farmer's field near Dudley has sold for £4,700 at auction. Ron Walters, 76, had been searching a section of land in Wall Heath ...

Simply put, coins made from precious metals like gold, silver and platinum ... The age of an old coin can play a significant part in its value. Typically, older coins are harder to find in good ...