coins

While renovating their home, a couple from the United Kingdom discovered an unexpected cache of rare gold coins. The couple found an unusual cup under the kitchen floor, hidden between old floorboards. Initially thought to be a trivial find, it...

A team of scholars from the University of Toronto and the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) are studying, cataloging, and publishing information on more than two thousand Ancient Greek coins. “Greek coinage is so interesting because it’s almost the earliest coinage—at...

Dozens of ancient Greek coins were discovered recently by a retired policeman in a village in southern Romania.

A rare 50-drachma coin fetched a record price of 162,000 euros at an auction in Switzerland recently. The coin was sold on November 17, at an auction which featured other historical coins. Issued by the Greek government in 1876, only 182 such...

Greece will soon issue two commemorative coins to mark 2500 years since the historic battle of Thermopylae, fought in 480 BC. Their official announcement took place recently in Berlin, during the event called the ''World Money Fair 2020,'' which was...

Two Germans are raising eyebrows in the world of numismatics after listing two 2-euro coins on eBay with an asking price of several thousand euros. The sellers claim that their coins, which were among the first to be issued in 2002,...

On April 27, the George Cassim Collection of Modern Greek Coins and Banknotes will go to auction while on April 28, his vast collection of coins will be auctioned as well through Spink Auctions London. George Cassim, the son of...

The Greek Numismatic Museum, in collaboration with Alpha Bank, is presenting "The Greek Kingdoms of Bactria and India" through an exhibition of their coin collection, which opens on March 11 at the Ilion Melathron, the Numismatic Museum's headquarters in central...