The History Seekers traveled to Virginia for an epic metal detecting adventure with King George and Ringmaster from NatGeo’s ...

An American silver coin from before the American Revolution that was recovered in an old cabinet in Amsterdam sold for $2.52 million at an auction, decimating the previous record. The threepence ...

“Since before the Civil War, collectors have regarded the 1652 New England threepence as the single-rarest American colonial coin. And for more than a century it’s been known as entirely ...

Or a modest collection of colonial coins is uncovered. Finding "60, 70, 200 coins—yes," says Mudd. "1,400? That's exceptional." There are exceptions. In 1985, construction workers in Jackson ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A small silver coin that was struck in 17th century Boston just sold ...

“Since before the Civil War, collectors have regarded the 1652 New England threepence as the single-rarest American colonial coin,” Stephanie Sabin, Professional Coin Grading Service ...

he first complete coin surfaced in 2014 at Sweet Berry Farm in Middletown, a spot that had piqued Bailey's curiosity two years earlier after he found old colonial coins, an 18th-century shoe ...

Kole reports for the AP, Bailey first found the 17th century coin—which was minted in Yemen in 1693—in a fruit grove two years after he had unearthed a number of other colonial-era coins.

[Related: Colonial silver coin found in cabinet sells for $2.5 million.] This double eagle $20 gold piece weighs nearly an ounce. Eventually, double eagles became the largest coin for circulation.

Now, one of those rare, rebellious coins has sold for a record-setting $2.52 million. The silver threepence was made in Boston just a few weeks after the colonial mint opened in 1652—and more ...

It was once popular to refer to a “currency revolution”, in which colonial coins and notes displaced indigenous currencies with the advent of imperial rule – and were later replaced by national ...