It was on April 2, 1792, that Congress acted to create the first U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The first officially minted coins ...

In Canada, low-value silver coins produced up to 1920 were sterling silver (92.5% pure silver), then reduced to 80%, then 50% and finally discontinued altogether in 1968.

At her home in Moonachie, New Jersey, Quintero showed some of the coins that could have value: a few buffalo head nickels, an Eisenhower silver dollar, and at least one coin that dates back to ...

These coins also have a more golden color and are slightly heavier than the clad versions. The average value of a 1976-S silver quarter in very good condition is $95, but the auction record for ...

Demand for the more common 1795 Silver Dollar keeps prices high, but the first silver dollar struck by the U.S. mint one year earlier is one of the rarest and most valuable of all U.S. coins, period.

Items for sale include a rare silver teapot made in Dublin in 1715 (€25,000), and a silver coffee pot made in 1770 by Cork silversmith, John Nicholson (€7,950).

An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an ...