Meanwhile, the can’s contents featured 598 gold coins divided into 11 columns separately wrapped in black cloth. According to ...

New legislation - the Common Cents Act - was introduced this week to eliminate the production of pennies, which the Treasury ...

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The earthly remains of most of history’s 266 popes (plus some European royals) are buried in Rome—in dozens of catacombs and ...

For collectors who want to see just how many different Sede Vacante coins they might assemble or even get a sample of, those ...

Imagine being a Byzantine Emperor and all of a sudden, deciding to abandon everything and become a monk in a monastery.

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Felipe, Letizia and Sofia regularly appear in public together – including at the funeral of Sofia’s brother, the former King Constantine II of Greece. At the service it was her daughter-in-law, ...

Until the Restoration of Charles II, coins were struck by hand. In 1816, there was a major change in British coinage, powered by the Industrial Revolution. The Royal Mint moved from The Tower of ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's former King Constantine II, whose nine-year reign coincided with one of the most turbulent periods in the country's political history, died on Tuesday aged 82 ...