An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence ...

Michael P. Shore | Dayton, Nevada Many currencies around the world have denominations of 20, so the question is why the U.S. has 25-cent coins at all. During the colonial period, coins from ...

We hit the road and traveled 1,200 miles to metal detect in New Hampshire, deep in the heart of America’s colonial history. Searching for relics and coins from the Revolutionary War era and ...

Here are some fresh insights into this tropical staple: The term patacón traces back to Colonial Era Spanish and Portuguese silver coins, a nod to their flattened, round shape. Interestingly, in some ...