A collection of rare gold coins nearly lost to history after its owner passed away has fetched nearly $4 million at auction.

A huge collection of historic gold coins, recovered from the wall of a house in France after their owner passed away, has ...

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Coins get their value in two ways: bullion value – the metal a coin contains, such as gold or silver – and numismatic or collector’s value, which arises from its rarity and condition.

Coin expert Thierry Persi stated that he had never witnessed the sale of such a large hoard in terms of both quantity and quality. The hoard, consisting of over a thousand coins, was auctioned at the ...

A rare gold coin from the 1600s will soon be at auction, after being found in a secret cabinet belonging to a Suffolk man.

Paul Narce, a modest Frenchman, quietly amassed a breathtaking collection of over 1,000 historic gold coins, hidden behind a ...

There have been some quite amazing discoveries of works of art and even ancient gold coins across France over the past few ...

Gold coins discovered in the wall of a French home have fetched nearly $4 million at auction. All in all, it was hiding behind just another brick in the wall. A collection of rare gold coins ...