President Donald Trump has ordered the Treasury to stop minting pennies because their production cost exceeds their value.

The spare change in your coin jar, for instance, could hold a rare collectible ranging from ... s one thing to be Scrooge McDuck, diving into a pile of gold coins to show off your wealth, and ...

Rare and valuable American coins come in numerous denominations, designs and metal compositions, and they can sell for anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to a few million. Although the ...

Other historic US coins have fetched vast sums at auction too. A rare 1794 silver dollar believed to be one of the first – if not the first – made by the US mint sold for $10 million in 2013.

A rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence has sold for £25,000 - after being found in a toffee tin. The pewter coin, known as the Continental Dollar, was minted in 1776.