Modern smartphone technology has revolutionized coin identification and valuation. Whether you’re a seasoned numismatist or ...

GHENT, N.Y. — This winter I made a concerted, and frankly impressive, effort to purge our basement of ancient files. I found it a challenge any longer to make the argument that the voluminous notes I ...

The Post Office is urging people to donate their leftover foreign coins to Barnardo’s children’s charity, as it reveals that more than £510 million in unwanted foreign cash is lying around in UK homes ...

There will be no change in the copper coins: farthings (half a cent), halfpennies (ha’pennies, one cent), pennies (two cents)—nor in the gold coins: half-sovereigns (worth about $2.40) and sovereigns ...

Robert Hodsdon was having a typical day on the beach before he struck gold. The Galveston County Daily News reports Hodsdon’s usual beach day involves using his metal detector. He searches for items ...

A weekly column dedicated to “digging out” current information about precious metals, coins and other numismatics. Many people ask what happens to the items I purchase. Well, the answer varies ...

GALVESTON, TX -- Robert Hodsdon was having a typical day on the beach before he struck gold. The Galveston County Daily News reports Hodsdon's usual beach day involves using his metal detector. He ...