Confederate paper money was a promise to exchange the bill for gold or silver, but only after the Confederacy won the war.

The phrase “In God We Trust” is a well-known motto in the United States, prominently displayed on many forms of currency. It ...

Dear W.C. Sanders, secretary of the New Haven Numismatic Society circa 1939, resident of 5 Harding Place, or maybe 608 Dixwell Ave. The New ...

Settlers in Massachusetts needed cash, but England wouldn't send any. So, they created their own mint in Boston and began ...

Enthusiastic coin collectors eagerly vied for the rare $20 "double eagle" gold coin during the auction on Tuesday. The 1870 $20 gold coin, minted in Carson City, Nevada, fetched $1.44 million at ...

Collectors snapped at an unprecedented opportunity to acquire a coveted 1652 threepence coin from America's first mint at ...

The coin, identified as a 1652 Massachusetts threepence, is the rarest of four rare coin designs struck between 1652 and 1682 ...

A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was found in an old cabinet ...