Chemical studies of old English coins are helping unravel a centuries-old mystery: What happened to all the silver that Spaniards dug out of the New World? Silver from Mexican mines started being ...

Very few countries still mint silver coins, and those that do make them almost exclusively for collectors and investors.

Avid coin collectors in search of old, rare and valuable finds will discover a treasure trove in Mexican coins. The earliest specimens date back nearly 500 years, and if you come across one, you ...

An 8-year-old German boy has unearthed an extremely rare silver coin while playing in a sandbox, dating to about 1,800 years before he was born.

The collection was found at the same site in Poland where a "treasure" trove of more than 500 medieval coins was discovered in the 1960s and 1970s.

A broken 2,500-year-old silver coin unearthed near Jerusalem is rare evidence that early currency was used in ancient Judea, according to archaeologists.

(JTA) — An 11-year-old girl found a rare silver coin dating from approximately 67-68 CE in dirt from excavations at the City of David park in Jerusalem. Liel Krutokop was visiting the site with ...

Recently, there was a debate in the Mexican Congress on the proposal to monetize the Silver Libertad Coin. The debate took place during a forum for “The Promotion of Savings for Mexicans.” If ...

Long before the dollar was painted Washington emerald green, it was polished Mexican silver.

An 8-year-old boy playing in a sandbox at his elementary school in Germany unearthed an 1,800-year-old silver coin minted during the Roman Empire's Pax Romana. Overwhelmed with excitement for ...

Buried treasure: 300-year-old silver coins uncovered on Florida beach — A modern day treasure hunter uncovered quite a score on an Indian River County beach last week.