Back in 1999, Jennifer Scott, now 49, heard on the news that the U.S. Mint was issuing quarters to honor each of the 50 states. She began collecting the quarters, each featuring a design specific to ...

Walking into a specialty shop for the first time can feel intimidating. Whether you're holding a box of inherited coins or looking to make your first precious metal investment, the ...

At a recent meeting of the Palm Beach Coin Club, members bought and sold coins, discussed the current market, latest trends and upcoming shows. Matthew Tavory remembered meetings in middle school. “I ...

Four gold coins from the “Great Kentucky Hoard,” a multi-million-dollar, 800-plus coin collection that Jeff Garrett helped ...

In a digital world filled with credit cards, electronic payments and direct deposits, you can go for days without handling actual money. But for collectors and hobbyists all over the world, there’s no ...

One of the key principles of economics when it comes to examining wealth and how it is accumulated is to look at what’s known as “generational wealth.” That is, what monetary assets, investments and ...

Coins and stamps have long been among the most widely collected items of any antique category, and enthusiasm remains strong. The use of coins dates to about 650 B.C. and virtually all of the world's ...

Every collector remembers that moment when a hobby becomes a passion. Whether it's discovering a wheat penny in pocket change or inheriting a stamp collection from a grandparent, these experiences ...

President Donald Trump said he has directed the Treasury Department to stop minting new pennies, citing the rising cost of producing the one-cent coin.Will Trump's order make the penny disappear?

There are lots of things that don’t make sense to me, more of them every day. One of them, admittedly it’s minor given the other challenges facing the planet, occurs when national currencies are ...

You know that feeling when you stumble upon a hidden gem? That rush of excitement is what coin collectors experience when ...

The world is full of coin collectors. If everyone in the United States who has begun an album of state quarters counts, then tens of millions of Americans alone are coin collectors. But how can you ...