Every holiday season, an anonymous donor spread joy and generosity by dropping gold Krugerrands into a Salvation Army kettle.

Not considered legal tender when issued, these bank notes were used by Indian Muslims during their Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca ...

On December 6, Switzerland comes alive with a festive pre-Christmas spirit as Samichlaus (St. Nicholas) processions light up ...

The charming Victorian-era tradition of Stir-up Sunday brings the traditional holiday dessert together with a hidden sixpence ...

The 1799 large cent is one of those coins that will always be tough and important. There are other tough large cents, but the 1799 seems to have carved out its own special place in the minds of ...

I would not have changed a thing about my collecting then as a child, but I sure wish I had kept more coins from it! The only ...

To celebrate this year’s Lunar Year, mints have selected a variety of combinations of color and dragon types in assorted metals and denominations. To celebrate this year’s Lunar Year, mints have ...

Over the past few weeks, gold and silver prices have been quite volatile as fears have risen and waned that there could be ...

The 1982-D has been a highly sought-after coin ever since the first one was discovered in Minnesota in 2016 and sold for $18,800 at auction. Now that a second specimen has been found, it gives ...

Numismatic News readers are still finding major die breaks, (also known as "cuds") on state quarters. Over the past few years we've shown them on coins of several states, including West Virginia, ...

Many bank notes from the era of the fall of communism in the late 1980s and early 1990s have become both relics of ...