We’ve seen some remarkable sales prices in rare coins in recent months. Here’s just a sampling of those. The prices are listed from lowest to highest. These have all sold in the last month, and we ...

There might be a treasure in your family’s attic. Not the fairy tale treasure with a leprechaun or a fairy winking at you over a pot of gold or an old-fashioned treasure chest, but the coins that your ...

Brits have been told to “stop right now” and check if they could have a rare coin worth £1,000. This 2p coin from 1983 is ...

You might be a millionaire without even knowing it. That dusty jar sitting on your kitchen counter could contain enough money ...

The Famous 1937-D Three-Legged Buffalo Error Here's the thing: not every old coin hiding in your drawer is just pocket change ...

Although it’s often referred to as the “Hobby of Kings,” coin collecting doesn’t discriminate between the rich and the poor (or between the regal and the common folk). While buying known rare coins ...

The United States government has stopped minting pennies, leading to a surge in interest in coin collecting as both a hobby ...

How to Hunt for Old Coins What Is Coin Roll Hunting? The basic idea is to get rolls of coins from the bank and sort through them to find those that are worth a bit more than their face value. After ...

Alternative investments go in and out of fashion and are often where the novice meets the expert. My old didactic joke goes: “What do you know about X?” – X being any subject you like. The reply is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. tab1962 / iStock via Getty Images Most of the time, a penny is worth just one cent, but in the case of the most valuable pennies, ...

Nothing says you are rich in a cartoon quite like having a bag of gold coins. However, if you want to turn this animated fantasy of riches into reality, you might have to go digging through your coin ...