When the center drops out—literally. Ringed bimetal coins are fascinating, but separation issues may cause more than ...

Following the Roman invasion of Britain in AD 43 ... the monarch continues to be depicted on the obverse of modern UK coinage. During The Queen's reign there have been five representations of Her ...

An amateur metal detectorist discovered a buried hoard of nearly 1,500 Roman coins near Bucharest, Romania. The coins, which spanned multiple eras, were buried in a ceramic container roughly 1,700 ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

But suddenly his metal detector began beeping – and soon, Mangeac was looking at a hoard of 1,469 Roman coins. Seeing the silver denarii, Mangeac said that his heart "[was] beating quite hard." ...

Since 1909, the profile of President Abraham Lincoln has adorned the obverse side of the coin that is made of zinc and copper. Americans have debated for years whether the penny should be dropped ...

An eight-sided Roman ring was recently found in Lincolnshire, England, by Wessex Archaeology staff. The item dates back to ...

This problem affected less than 250,000 coins of the 136 million 20p pieces minted in 2008-09 and was due to the previous obverse (the 'heads' side) being used with the new reverse (the 'tails ...

In October, a woman traveling from the sunny Mediterranean island of Mallorca to Germany was stopped by Spain’s customs police for a routine inspection. In her luggage were several seemingly ...

“They tried on chain mail and watched wood carving... and they all got a Roman coin.” A highlight for the children was the festival’s Gladiator School – teaching children to fight like ...