Chemical studies of old English coins are helping unravel a centuries-old mystery: What happened to all the silver that Spaniards dug out of the New World? MINING MONEY A coin struck during the ...

Retropolis Archaeologists find rare, nearly 380-year-old English coin during Maryland dig Silver shilling, probably dropped by colonist, turns up in St. Mary’s almost four centuries later ...

An almost 400-year-old silver coin found in a field in Maryland suggests that the remains of a nearby fort are all that's left of one of the earliest English colonial settlements in the Americas ...

Archaeologists discovered a collection of coins thought to be nearly 1,000 years old at the site of a medieval fort in southern Poland. Researchers found 12 silver coins at the fortress, which is ...

Two British Teens Using Metal Detectors Discovered 1,000-Year-Old Coins One of the coins is a silver penny dated to Harold II’s brief reign in 1066. The other dates to the time of Henry I ...

A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D.

Hundreds of Roman-era gold and silver coins were found in a field outside a village in the Netherlands, officials announced ...

An 8-year-old German boy playing in a sand box discovered a rare silver coin from the Roman Empire. Culture Department The coin was identified as a Roman denarius minted during the reign of ...

A broken 2,500-year-old silver coin unearthed near Jerusalem is rare evidence that early currency was used in ancient Judea, according to archaeologists.

A group of treasure hunters have found 300-year-old silver coins worth thousands of dollars buried on a Florida beach. Jonah Martinez and two other friends found 22 coins on Wabasso Beach in ...

From old coins to Roman treasure Moss and Taylor carefully dug out the hoards and wrapped them in bandages. They then reported their findings to Dr Susie White, the Finds Officer for the Portable ...