The Canadian coin known as “Big Maple Leaf” weighs almost 221 pounds. It is made of 99.999 percent pure gold, with a market value of more than $4 million. The Royal Canadian Mint produced only five ...

Ilê Sartuzi put original coin in museum donation box as part of project about number of foreign objects in its collection An artist took a historical coin from its display case in the British Museum ...

A massive gold coin weighing in at 221 pounds was improbably nicked by thieves from Berlin’s Bode Museum yesterday, Monday, March 27, at around 3:30 a.m. The coin, known as “Big Maple Leaf,” is a ...

Five years after emerging from the grounds of Chelmsford, the U.K.’s largest recorded hoard of ancient gold coins has found a new home. Unearthed by a metal detectorist, the Great Baddow Hoard (named ...

In ancient Rome, coins were not just payment, but a form of communication and art. The coins can tell wide-ranging stories about politics, resistance, religion, feminism and female sexuality in their ...