Coins are "struck" when a die, or metal cone, is heated to high temps and then stamped onto blank coin metal, or a "planchet." The die bears the design elements of a coin, including images and ...

A rare 2p coin which was found in a piggy bank could make hundreds, as expert predict it's worth 20,000 times its original value.

This 1984 $1 coin was struck on 10 cent blank error, making it a rare and valuable find. · Source: Roxbury's Auction House/Getty An “exceptionally rare” $1 ...

BRITS are being urged to check their holiday cash for some ultra-rare Euro coins in circulation that could be worth thousands. Although the Euro is a newer currency, some of its coins are still ...

Detailed images of the stone mould used for blank coin production. It corresponds to the flat valve of a bivalve mould. Credit: M.I. Moreno-Padilla et al. A) Reconstruction of the bivalve mould in ...

Announced on social media by UK chancellor Philip Hammond, the mint will work closely with its Argentine counterpart – Sociedad del Estado Casa de Moneda – to produce blanks for the new coin ...