In 1652, British settlers in America defied their royal overlords by setting up a mint in Boston. The colonists began ...

From the editorial: "A good first step ... would be to stop minting pennies, which most people don’t use anyway." ...

Collectors snapped at an unprecedented opportunity to acquire a coveted 1652 threepence coin from America's first mint at ...

A small silver coin that was struck in 17th century Boston just sold for $2.5 million dollars. The 1652 Massachusetts ...

On Tuesday, a rare $20 double eagle gold coin sold for $1.44 million, about 70,000 times its initial value. The coin was one ...

This represents the third time the United States Mint has selected a third-party auctioneer, each time selecting Stack’s ...

Other historic US coins have fetched vast sums at auction too. A rare 1794 silver dollar believed to be one of the first – if not the first – made by the US mint sold for $10 million in 2013.

The coin, identified as a 1652 Massachusetts threepence, is the rarest of four rare coin designs struck between 1652 and 1682 ...