DERBY, Conn., March 6 -- An ancient house, the walls of which seem to be lined with gold, needing only to be tapped to shower forth coins, is a strange feature of the little rural village of ...

Restorers at St. Andrew's Church in Eisleben, Germany, announced the discovery of a hoard of 17th-century coins hidden within a statue during restoration work. The treasure, 2,584 coins ...

The treasure — four bags of coins from the 1600s — was likely concealed during the Thirty Years' War, when Swedish soldiers frequently plundered the region. The discovery is an "incredible ...