S BalakrishnanA hundred-year-old coin is not a big deal in numismatic world because I myself have a 1000-year-old coin of a Chola king from Tamil Nadu. But when I found this ½ penny British coin ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On Tuesday, June 10, a study was published in the journal Antiquity, stating that "hand-struck, irregularly shaped coins — known ...

A 400-year-old gold coin dating to the time of King Charles I that was found in a pile of loose change is expected to fetch thousands of pounds when it is auctioned off next month. The coin, a gold ...

Metal detectorists and archaeologists unearthed over 400 of ancient British, Roman and African coins linked to a military conquest, photos show. Photo from the Cultural Heritage Agency of the ...

A rare-coin expert has identified five vintage British coins that could prove extremely profitable. These specimens are valued far beyond their face value, owing to when they were minted and how many ...

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In 1708, the British sank a Spanish galleon—a large war and/or merchant ship used from the 15th through the 17th centuries—off the coast of Colombia. Over three centuries later, its cargo of gold ...