Minted in Peru in 1707, the money bolsters the evidence that the wreck is the Spanish ship "San José," which sank off the ...

We were Treasure hunting for old silver coins, and rings, and we found a deep military M69 mortar round aka bomb used in WWII ...

Nadine Rich is a district nurse and lives in temporary homeless accommodation with her three-year-old daughter. She says the DWP rule is holding her back ...

Prior to 1992, UK copper coins were made up of 97% copper, but this was changed to copper-plated steel in 1992. Pergolux UK advises on bird bath cleanliness by stating: ...

“Honestly, we get less than 50 copper coins a week these days,” he says. “I don’t even put them in the till any more – they’re not worth bagging up.

MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ)- The penny, long the most neglected coin in our change jars and couch cushions, is about to clock out for good. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently confirmed it ...

These 1-cent coins cost 3.7 cents to mint. ... While the zinc and copper coins should still be considered legal tender, store prices will soon round to the nearest nickel.

It is not unusual for UK households to have the odd copper coin or two lying about, but did you know some of those could be worth up to £1,000. Two pence coins have been in circulation since 1971 ...

The history of the penny stretches back to colonial times, when several foreign coins circulated throughout American society — British ... where the U.S. created its first copper pennies in 1793.

It was larger and made of pure copper. In 1857, the coin got smaller and the metal composition changed to 88% copper and 12% nickel. Today's mostly-zinc composition was changed in 1982.