The wheat penny obtained its name from the two stalks of wheat on its reverse side. What’s interesting about the wheat penny ...

More recently, it went for $840,000 at an auction. There is only one copy known to be in existence, as it was mistakenly ...

He then explained around one million of these coins were minted, making them relatively scarce. The pre-decimal six pence was worth one fortieth of a pound sterling or six pence sterling.

Just about all of the coins you will come across in your lifetime are worth what they say they are worth — a half dollar is worth 50 cents, a quarter is worth 25 cents, and on down the line.

Well, nobody would recommend investing in such coins merely for their metal value, even if there is the occasional spike in prices. The 5¢ nickel, for example, is actually worth around 7¢ for scrap ...

made headlines when they announced they had found 51 gold coins and 40 feet (12.2 meters) of gold chain worth over $1 million. The Schmitts, however, did not disclose the other 50 coins they found.

But what if you found a penny, picked it up, and it was worth millions of dollars? That might be all the luck you need right there. An auction run by GreatCollections Coin Auctions, the official ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) recovered stolen gold coins from a 1700s shipwreck site worth over $1 million. The artifacts were discovered in 2015 by ...