A rare UK penny coin from 1920 is highly sought after by collectors - and there's a tiny detail that makes it especially ...

The portrait of King Charles III that will feature on British coins has been unveiled by the Royal Mint, the official maker of UK coins. The image, which will first appear on commemorative 5 and 50 ...

With many of us now using debit and credit cards for payments, it's likely that your loose change is getting tossed aside. But one specialist has now urged the public to keep an eye out for three rare ...

Discovered by a group of friends five years ago, an unprecedented hoard of 11th-century coins, valued at $5.58 million, will soon to be on display at The British Museum in London. On Tuesday, the ...

The first British coins featuring Charles III will enter into circulation before the end of the year, announced the Royal Mint in a statement. The portrait for the 50-pence coin, which Charles himself ...

A silver coin found in Maryland after almost 400 years provided a big clue for archaeologists searching for St. Mary’s Fort – one of the earliest English settlements in the New World. The coin, a ...

Before joining Discover Magazine, Paul Smaglik spent over 20 years as a science journalist, specializing in U.S. life science policy and global scientific career issues. He began his career in ...

Researchers tested 49 medieval coins, finding the older ones were minted from silver Byzantine goods and the newer ones were made of silver mined in western France. The Fitzwilliam Museum / University ...