Planning to sort through grandpa's shoebox full of old coins? Put the new stuff aside and look for coins from the midcentury ...

An 8-year-old German boy playing in a sand box discovered a rare silver coin from the Roman Empire. Culture Department The coin was identified as a Roman denarius minted during the reign of ...

Kuang-Hsü Tael (1906) In June 2025, a rare Chinese silver coin called the Kuang-hsü Tael from the Peh Family Collection sold for $810,000 at a Heritage Auctions event, according to CoinWeek.

Archaeologists analyzing over 200 coins dating back to the first millennium CE found that these pieces of silver indicate extensive economic connections in Southeast Asia at the time.

LOS ANGELES -- It looked like the "deal of the century," police said, a couple of guys down on their luck on Skid Row, selling valuable old silver coins for $20 apiece. It was a pretty good deal ...

By the end of the day, the treasure hunters had collected 2,584 silver coins from the 11th century, during the time of the bloody transition from Saxon to Norman rule in England.

In total, archaeologists found 170 silver coins dating between 1150 to 1180, the museum said. Photos show the handful of slightly tarnished coins. Some of the 800-year-old artifacts had completely ...