Last year was a lucrative one for sellers of rare coins, as one auction house sold five specimens for more than $1 million each — including one that fetched a record price in its category.

Mr Edmund told The Telegraph that if the coins went up for auction he would expect them to fetch more than £40,000. He has set up a hotline for people who have found another one of the rare coins ...

AN ultra-rare 50p has been listed on eBay for nearly 80,000 times its original value due to its "rare" status. The coin is up for grabs at a staggering £39,999 with another seller from Bolton ...

"To hold the coin close is to see yourself staring back. No wear and light handling marks as indicated by grade. Extremely rare and exceedingly sought after - 11 to 20 examples known." Although ...

Specialists have shed light on a number of especially rare coins, including one from 1917. At first glance, the so-called '1917 George V Gold Sovereign', minted during World War I, might seem ...

People are being urged to check their pockets and loose change for an extremely rare coin that has resurfaced. The Brexit 50p coins are considered rare as they were minted with the wrong exit date on.

We are all being encouraged to check our change after a rare 20p coin sold for 485 times its face value this week. The 20p piece is a “mule” coin dating from 2008 and was minted without a date on the ...

This coin, nearly a century-old, is extraordinarily rare and thus highly sought after by collectors. The coin in question is a 1933 one penny coin. Its rarity stems from the fact that only an ...

You might be sitting on a small fortune without realising it. Rare coin specialists are highlighting the value of certain coins, including the 1917 George V Gold Sovereign. This WWI-era coin might ...