The cowrie is the most widely and longest used currency in history. 1,000 BC: First Metal Money and Coins Bronze and Copper cowrie imitations were manufactured by China at the end of the Stone Age ...

It was actually one of the first coins ever minted and continued being ... it's good to know a little more about the history and some of the most valuable half pennies. The face value of every ...

We don't know who first coined the phrase "as rich ... that it's easy to forget that coins arrived quite late in the history of the world. For over two thousand years, states ran complex economies ...

Menna believes the Apollo coin comes at an important moment in history. “We live in a time when the understanding of science has never been more critical,” he says. Sales of the Apollo ...

The Maria Theresa Thaler is a silver bullion trade coin that has been used in world trade continuously since it was first minted in 1741. It was named after Empress Maria Theresa, who ruled ...