The Double Eagle coin is one of the most iconic and valuable coins in American history. First minted in 1849, it is a $20 gold coin that played a crucial role in U.S. commerce during the 19th and ...

What if an entire treasure chest's worth of riches was contained in a single gold coin that could fit in the palm of your hand? Such a coin is not the stuff of hypotheticals, of course. It really ...

Collecting gold coins can be an exciting way to connect with history and potentially uncover hidden value in your collection.

The National Museum of American History is taking Smithsonian numismatic highlights out of Washington, D.C., and into communities across the United States with a new traveling display “Good as ...

It’s taken nearly a decade, but there’s finally a new world’s most expensive coin—the 1933 Double Eagle. Footwear designer Stuart Weitzman’s famous gold coin sold for an astonishing $18.9 million at a ...

Fashion mogul Stuart Weitzman’s 1933 Double Eagle gold coin shattered auction records for the world’s most valuable coin at Sotheby’s New York on Tuesday morning. The rare coin, the only of its kind ...

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 on ...

(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Monday said a cache of exceptionally rare gold coins stolen from the U.S. Mint in the 1930s belongs to the U.S. government, not the Pennsylvania family that ...

June 8 (Reuters) - A 1933 Double Eagle gold coin sold for a record-setting $18.9 million at auction in New York on Tuesday, and the world's rarest stamp went for $8.3 million. The coin, the only 1933 ...