Rare coins are becoming an increasingly popular way for Americans to explore alternative investments while searching for ...

Whether an entry point for budding neophytes or the domain of studied numismatists, buffalo nickels hold a fascinating place in the world of coin collecting. For the uninitiated, buffalo nickels are ...

If you have a nickel with a buffalo on it you may have more than five cents. Many buffalo nickels can be traded for about 50 cents but under the right conditions it could be worth over $1,000, ...

Rare coins, mint errors and key dates could turn everyday pocket change into big money. Learn what to look for.

Buffalo nickels are nostalgic coins that were in circulation from 1913 until 1938. Once a regular discovery in everyday life, these coins are now valued antiquities from a bygone period. They were ...

Coin collecting has been a popular hobby for generations, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to find new pieces due to the decline in physical cash use.

One of the key principles of economics when it comes to examining wealth and how it is accumulated is to look at what’s known as “generational wealth.” That is, what monetary assets, investments and ...

In the late 1980s, William Morton-Smith, a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based doctor, was rummaging through a garage that contained some of his deceased parents’ belongings. He opened the drawer of an old ...

Sixty-seven years after the government minted its last buffalo nickel, the symbol of the American West is returning to the five-cent piece. The United States Mint has shipped 97 million of the new ...

Back in 1999, Jennifer Scott, now 49, heard on the news that the U.S. Mint was issuing quarters to honor each of the 50 states. She began collecting the quarters, each featuring a design specific to ...