Back in 1999, Jennifer Scott, now 49, heard on the news that the U.S. Mint was issuing quarters to honor each of the 50 states. She began collecting the quarters, each featuring a design specific to ...

Keil Sherman remembers the joy of receiving gold coins from his grandmother, Jean Grossman, on his birthday. The coins, given to him throughout his teenage years, were from his grandmother’s family ...

Walking into a specialty shop for the first time can feel intimidating. Whether you're holding a box of inherited coins or looking to make your first precious metal investment, the ...

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In a digital world filled with credit cards, electronic payments and direct deposits, you can go for days without handling actual money. But for collectors and hobbyists all over the world, there’s no ...

There are lots of things that don’t make sense to me, more of them every day. One of them, admittedly it’s minor given the other challenges facing the planet, occurs when national currencies are ...

Four gold coins from the “Great Kentucky Hoard,” a multi-million-dollar, 800-plus coin collection that Jeff Garrett helped ...

I’m visiting my parents on Cape Cod this month. My father recently turned 90, and my mother decided to open the long-buried safe where my father kept his coin collection. This offered a brief moment ...

Dallas family nearly donates $500K coin collection to Goodwill before discovering late father's 50-year treasure trove.

On Jan. 1, the euro becomes the standard currency of a dozen European countries from Ireland to Italy. Billions of coins in circulation in those countries will no longer be accepted anywhere but ...