Most folks can correctly name George Washington as the nation's first president. After that, things get tricky. The U.S. Mint is hoping its new dollar coin series will help refresh some hazy memories of Adams, Jefferson and all the rest. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Some dollar coins lack "In God We Trust." The mint promised it wouldn't happen again, but you know what? It happened again. picked by hisidea 1 year ago

Egyptian couple found a U.S. Double Eagle Coin worth $15 million in their old closet when throwing out old clothes. The coin was part of Theodore Roosevelt's 1933 collection of coins and was designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. picked by maxriter 10 months ago

The 10 coins include images of the eight planets from our solar system. The series includes a very rare Pluto coin. It is the final Pluto-Hubble coin approved by NASA before Pluto was officially rejected as being a planet. picked by maxriter 12 months ago

Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either. picked by sholom22 2 years ago

An extremely rare silver coin has been found in the place of a former drainage channel of Jerusalem during the period of the Second Temple, which, btw, stood in the times of Jesus. picked by maxriter 8 months ago

Artist Laura Gilberts' print 'The Zero Dollar' protesting the breakdown of the American economy. Gilbert distributed 10,000 of the fake greenbacks in front of the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008 to call attention to the economic crisis gripping the nation. picked by TheShizknitt725 1 month ago

A hobbyist with a metal detector has found a cache of ancient Celtic and Germanic coins in a cornfield in the southern city of Maastricht. The city says the trove of 39 gold and 70 silver coins are dated to the middle of the first century B.C. picked by AutumnLotus 1 week ago

The Royal Canadian Mint created a 100-kg (220lb) bullion coin, made of 99.999 percent pure gold, which was registered in the Guinness Book of Records as world's biggest gold coin. picked by maxriter 1 year ago

A coin found in a snake-infested swamp could help prove a century-old theory that a Spanish or Portuguese ship was wrecked on Australia’s east coast years before Captain James Cook’s famed voyage of discovery. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

One coin is called the Coin of Humility the other Coin of Joy. The former should be placed in the left pocket so it would remind the person who carries it not to be a "big head." The latter should be placed in the right pocket, and it means that every person has a purpose that he or she should grab and carry it out. In such a way a person will gain happiness. When a person feels down and... read full post picked by maxriter 11 months ago

A Southern California company plans to auction the world's largest coin, a 220-pound gold piece minted by Canada.

Related story picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A super massive collection of 300 sculptures made out of dollar bills. picked by AutumnLotus 3 weeks ago

Deciding custody of a child with a coin toss is apparently not OK in VA. picked by Maven 1 year ago

The Royal Canadian Mint unveiled a welcome addition to any piggy bank on Thursday -- a monster gold coin with a face value of C$1 million (455,000 pounds) that it says is the world's biggest, purest and highest denomination coin. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

So, you know that Dollar coin that 3/4 of voters opposed?
Yeah, it's in mint now. But we still have the paper one too. picked by julea 2 years ago

The owner of a very rare gold coin has thrown it away, a few weeks later finding out it was worth $10,000. picked by maxriter 12 months ago

Paul Brant considers himself a penny pincher, but his savings in quarters and dollar coins really paid off. picked by mandolinorange 11 months ago

A guy stops off at his local Taco Bell after work and decides to pay with a $2 bill instead of a $50 to make things easier for the cashier.

Hilarity and Asshatery ensue. picked by doggylives 8 months ago

During the restoration works at the Nashville City Cemetery archeologists found a very rare "piece of eight", latter named the "peso" and today known as "8 reales," dated 1776. picked by maxriter 1 year ago