Currently Circulating Mexican Coins
Coinweek· 2 weeks agoWith nearly 500 years of western-style monetary history, Mexico’s numismatic story is quite fascinating. It wasn’t until 1821, when Mexico formally broke...
UK holds ceremony replete with tradition to consider coins
Associated Press via Yahoo Finance· 10 hours agoBritain’s coinage was on trial. In a ceremony that dates back to the 12th century, the jury filed into the livery hall of the Worshipful Company of Goldsmiths shortly after 10 a.m. to begin ...
Royal Canadian Mint releases new coins to honour Queen Elizabeth II
Yahoo News Canada· 1 week agoThe Royal Canadian Mint launched its latest special coin to honour the legacy of Queen Elizabeth,...
The World's Most Valuable Buried Treasures: Their Value and How They Were Discovered » Explorersweb
Explorersweb· 3 days agoFound in the 1980s in the town of Środa Ślaska, Poland, the Środa Treasure is a 14th-century hoard...
The History Behind the Euro and Euro Coins
Coinweek· 5 days agoWhile it is not well known, Europe has flirted with a single unified currency since the founding of the Latin Monetary Union in 1865. Disbanded in 1927,...
The new global gold rush
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 4 days agoFor decades, investing in gold has been seen as a very old school investment, for the maverick, perhaps slightly anti-establishment investor. One of...
Egypt archaeology: Gold-covered mummy among latest discoveries
BBC via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoGetty Images One of four newly discovered tombs at the Saqqara archaeological site south of Cairo...
From Ancient Greece to Modern Day, This Is the 2,600-Year-Long Story of Electricity
Popular Mechanics· 5 hours agoOver the millennia, the phenomenon known as electricity has meant different things to different...
15 ancient civilizations you’ve never heard of
MSN News· 1 day agoMost people are familiar with the ancient peoples of Egypt, Greece, and Rome, but unless you’re a historian or an archeologist, you’ve probably never...
Exceptionally rare Iron Age chariot axle found at Sizewell
BBC News· 2 weeks agoPart of an "exceptionally rare" Iron Age wooden axle from a chariot or cart has been found in a...