More than 400 gold Moroccan coins recovered from a 17th-century shipwreck helped researchers identify the vessel three ...

Numismatic trivia can turn a coin club meeting into a friendly competition while giving collectors a fun way to test their ...

The Very First: Greece seized the opportunity to draw attention to the 2004 Summer Olympics by minting the inaugural 2-euro commemorative coins. For many years, not a day has gone by when countless ...

The price of silver rose by more than 142 percent for the year 2025. In the first two weeks of 2026, silver’s price jumped by almost another 30 percent from where it was on December 31, 2025. Over the ...

From the September 18 Numismatic News e-newsletter, readers share the coins they regret buying, selling, or letting get away.

The cost of making money has been going up at an alarming rate, yet the U.S. Mint continues to produce the loss-leading 1—and 5-cent coins in large numbers. Little effort has been put into increasing ...

In the year 2021, the United States Mint got just about every collector to sit up and take notice when they unveiled the 2021 Morgan and Peace dollars as centennial versions of the two classic series.

From new 2026 issues and circulating cents to million-dollar rarities and precious-metal coins, collectors are finding plenty to chase in today’s active market.

From the September 11 Numismatic News e-newsletter, readers share the coin series they think deserve more attention from collectors.

A new portrait featuring King Charles III is now on a Bank of Canada vertical $20 note. Entering circulation in late February 2027, this is the first time the King’s portrait is on a Canadian note, ...

The House has passed legislation to permanently end circulating-cent production and establish nationwide cash-rounding rules, ...

The Coinage Act of 1857 ended the legal-tender status of foreign coins and helped establish a standardized U.S. currency.