Civil War-era coins made big headlines over the summer when a Kentucky man unearthed hundreds of lost gold coins and became about $2 million richer because of it. His discovery, made in a ...

The hoard dates back to the 1860s, the height of the American Civil War. The coins—mostly $1, $10, and $20 Liberty Head gold pieces—carry mint marks from Philadelphia, New Orleans, and San ...

A single dime once sold for nearly $2 million. This video counts down the 15 rarest and most valuable American dimes, ...

Three rare tokens issued as money during the English Civil War in Nottinghamshire have fetched nearly £10,000 at auction. The town of Newark on Trent was held by forces loyal to King Charles I ...

A Kentucky man got the surprise of his life while digging in his field earlier this year: a cache of over 700 coins from the American Civil War era. The "Great Kentucky Hoard" includes hundreds of ...

The 'Great Kentucky Hoard,' as the discovery is being called, was comprised of mostly U.S. Civil War-era gold coins dating from between 1840 to 1863.

Hundreds of Civil War-era gold coins, called the Great Kentucky Hoard, were found in a cornfield. Bill Gale, GovMint founder and president, said in a news release.

Contributed photo The Sanders coin's current owner Bob Moffatt (right) with the late great Steve Tanenbaum (left), who sold Bob this token. He told me that tokens from the Civil War were privately ...

A Civil War-era treasure of more than 700 gold coins was unearthed in a Kentucky cornfield, a find that has at least partly vindicated legends of lost Civil War gold that have driven American ...

(NGC) A Kentucky farmer struck gold after he unearthed hundreds of rare Civil War-era gold and silver coins on his property back in June. The treasure is potentially worth millions of dollars.

One of the finest known surviving examples, this historic Civil War-era Double Eagle gold coin struck at the San Francisco Mint in 1861 will be offered in a public auction by Rare Collectibles TV ...