In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

At one time, the materials used to make coins were more reflective of their actual value, but along the way that changed, like with the penny, which started being made from a 97.5 % zinc core with ...

While some rare 1790s quarters are worth at least $10,000 today, these coins were minted after the 1792 half disme, ... The 1792 half disme is a small coin made of silver, and 10.8% of copper, ...

“You can go to your own bank or credit union and not pay any fee,” said Kimberly Palmer, personal finance expert at ...

Ironically, the other mainstream coins are primarily made from copper, with roughly 75% content for nickels and more than 90% for dimes, quarters and half dollars.

If you have a collection of coins sitting around your home, you may want to double-check their value. Three sisters in Ohio just sold a rare dime for $506,250 during an online auction. The mother ...

The surest way to send people shuffling through their loose change jars is to spread the word about a seemingly average coin selling for around half-a-million dollars. That’s what happened a few ...

An extraordinarily rare dime whose whereabouts had remained a mystery since the late 1970s has sold for just over $500,000. The coin, which was struck by the U.S. Mint in San Francisco in 1975 ...

The dime was displayed at a coin show in Tampa, Florida before being sold in an online auction on October 27, where it fetched more than half a million dollars. Show comments.

Before you go digging around in search of a 1975 dime, you should know this: Your chances of having the rare dime are about 1 in 1.4 million. There are a couple of reasons it is so valuable.