Rare coins from the late 1800s can be worth a lot, due to several factors including the silver standard that was in place in ...

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.

But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often ... She has received awards from the Society for American Archaeology and the American ...