According to International Precious Metals, only 2,000 were produced, and even fewer are known to exist today—hence their hefty worth. One of these coins once fetched $6.6 million at auction, while ...

One way to lower the likelihood of that happening is to cash in valuable items – including rare coins. Depending on the coin, you could fatten your nest egg by tens of thousands of dollars or ...

Last year was a lucrative one for sellers of rare coins, as one auction house sold five specimens for more than $1 million each — including one that fetched a record price in its category.

Even more curious: It’s one of many rare and valuable coins being deposited at the Christian charity organization’s donation stations across the country in what may be a focused effort to make ...

While buying known rare coins can be a costly venture, you can start collecting for little to no money. And you don’t need to be of a certain age to take up the hobby. In fact, according to the ...

Coins bearing Eugenius' image—such as the three that have been found as part of the hoard—are rare. The solidi—the Latin word for gold coins like these—were uncovered in the ruins of a ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors -- not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and ...

Luxembourg officials recently announced that an "extremely rare" cache of gold coins from the fourth century A.D. has recently been unearthed, ending an excavation project that was four years in ...