What was most surprising, though, was that a significant quantity of the more than 231 pounds of silver that made up this sale was in the form of common coins. That is, regular quarters and dimes ...

Steve told Newsweek he initially thought it must be fake, as it was "in really good condition. Too good for something 100+ years old." ...

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All others are extremely scarce, with only 25 to 50 known examples for each entire coin series. One 1990 example from the more common, but still rare, 11c pairing is being auctioned on eBay for ...

Investors can buy 99.9% pure silver bars ranging in weight from 1 ounce to 100 ounces or bullion coins such as the 1-ounce American Eagles produced by the U.S. Mint. Investors can also buy so ...

Accruing relics and art was common practice among affluent men in the early 20th ... despite remaining in their original 80-plus-year-old casing. A few of the silver coins require conservation ...

The Roman coin hoard may have been buried at the time for safekeeping, which was a common practice in an era ... more base metals were added to the silver — tended to have coins only from ...

"The hoard is the find of a lifetime," Stephenson said in a statement from Scotland's Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. Some of the coins were English silver groats, minted by both Henry ...