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In 1994 archaeologists discovered a sunken 17th century ship with more than 400 gold coins. They have finally solved their great mystery

July 26, 2026 by usatoday24

The surprise came in the mid 90s. A group of British divers explored the waters of the salcombe bayin Devon, when they came across the remains of a 17th century boat. At first glance, the wreck was very degraded by the passage of time, but it hid a real treasure: hundreds of coins of gold, jewelry and ceramics, among other pieces, most preserved today in the British Museum. Once the initial surprise was overcome, a mystery remained: What was the name of the boat? Where did it start from and where was it going? We already have the answer. What has happened? That archaeologists have finally solved a mystery that had gone unanswered for three decades: the identity of the merchant ship located in 1994 facing Salcombe Bay, England. We knew it hid valuable treasures, including 400 gold coinsbut until now no one had been able to clarify what the ship was called, its voyage and why its remains have spent centuries rotting in the English Channel. There, resting on the seabed, was the culmination of a story; the beginning was missing. Do we already have an answer? Yes. In a publication launched by the British Museum, a group of researchers has finally revealed the identity of the ship: it is the Dom van Keulena Dutch merchant ship that set sail from Morocco around the fall of 1633. Its destination was the Netherlands, but the trip became complicated when it was sailing with its valuable cargo off the southern coast of England. The weather was not favorable, the ship suffered a fatal leak and ended up capsizing. How did they find out? Diving. Although in this case the researchers have not immersed themselves in the cold waters of the Atlantic. The exploration has been carried out by historian Ian Frield among files from the British National Archives. There he located a series of documents that tell us about the voyage of the Dom van Keulen at the beginning of the 17th century, the storms it had to face and its unfortunate end, which ended with the ship at the bottom of the sea. The story of the merchant, however, was not as tragic as it could have been. We know that his crew managed to survive the shipwreck, and experts like Dave Parham, a professor at Boston University and one of the book’s editors, believe that “most of the load” He ended up recovering around the same time. “Most of it”? Exact. If Parham and his colleagues are correct, the treasures that the ship carried inside were recovered long ago; but neither the shipowners of the Dom van Keulen nor the generations that followed them were able to remove all the traveling items stacked in the holds. There they stayed for centuries, among the mud and oblivion, until in 1994 SWMAG divers located what remained of the wreck. The rest is the history of marine archeology: when exploring the site, the divers found a part of the cargo. Most are preserved in the British Museum. Did you transport that much? Yes. Parham is pretty clear in this regard: “Among their cargo were 150 bags of gum arabic, 64 bags of saltpeter, 320 goat skins and 9,000 Barbary ducats, Moroccan gold coins.” Its considerable value explains why the majority of this cargo ended up being extracted from the merchant ship’s holds, but for one reason or another more than 400 coins remained hidden until the SWMAG divers arrived in the 1990s. Did you find anything else? Those hundreds and hundreds of gold coins from Africa probably represent the largest treasure extracted from the shipwreck, but they are not the only thing that archaeologists have found. During your research They have also recovered a bowl, a pewter spoon, gold jewelry, a fish-shaped weight, a seal, ceramics and a piece of cast gold like a finger. Regarding the Dutch merchant ship, although no portraits of the period are preserved (or at least known), Parham explains that the wreck measures 30 meters long, includes cannons and anchors and rests about 18 meters deep. Why is it important? There are several reasons. The main one is that we finally know the identity of the merchant. Not only do we know that he was Dutch and transported valuable cargo. Now we know his name, career and complete history. As remember the SWMAGIn the area, remains of wood, rope, lead, dishes and other pieces were also found that tell us about life aboard the Dutch ships that covered that route at the beginning of the 17th century. If that were not enough, the wreck tells us about the traffic between North Africa and Europe and the trade in precious metals. “It provides an important context for the richness and architecture of the sharif Saadian trade, the African gold trade, and tangible evidence of the flourishing 17th-century maritime trade connecting Morocco, the Netherlands, and Britain,” Dave comments.. What was your relationship like? Intense. Bournemouth University (BU) remember that between the 16th and 17th centuries the Dutch traded actively, exchanging manufactures for pure gold from West Africa. In fact, some of the Berber ducats that were imported ended up being melted down to make Dutch gold coins with their metal, which was widely accepted at the time. The Dom van Keulen has given maritime archaeologists something else: the opportunity to examine 16th and 17th century Moroccan jewelry in a dateable contexta historical clue that is not often found. Images | Bournemouth University In Xataka | We finally know what sailors ate on the high seas in the 16th century. Thanks to the CSIC and a sunken galleon

a vase filled with tens of thousands of Roman coins from 1,800 years ago

July 2, 2026 by usatoday24

In real life, the work of archaeologists bears little or no resemblance (rather nothing) to what they show us. the Indiana Jones movies. There are no lavish buried treasures, no chests full of coins, no secret chambers capable of spending centuries hidden. That’s the general rule, of course. Then we find cases like Senon’sin Lorraine, France, which remind us that sometimes reality surpasses science fiction. Even the one filmed by Steven Spielberg. There archaeologists have found three amphorae with 40,000 coins Romans. North of France. Senon is a small town in the Meuse department, in France, close to the borders with Belgium, Luxembourg and Germany. Today it may be a discreet town, but centuries ago it was one of the main settlements of the Mediomatrician ancient Celtic population in Gaul that had its capital in neighboring Metz, then known as Divodorus. Recently, when digging in Senonarchaeologists reached the vestiges of a little-known area with several layers that span from the Gallic period (before Julius Caesar’s conquest) to the mid-4th century AD. An underground chronicle. As explains the Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP), the new discoveries in the area occurred (almost) by pure chance. During house expansion work, researchers excavated a 1,500 square meter (m2) plot that showed them a known but little-explored part of Senon. In general, the site preserves ancient structures excavated in the earth, such as pits, ditches or post holes that date from the 2nd century BC to the beginning of our era; and other structures that extend into the late 4th century AD As they delved into the archaeological layers, the researchers found ancient limestone quarries, buildings, remains of homes and roads, walls, ovens, patios… “The architectural characteristics, together with the material culture revealed by the small objects found at the site, indicate a relatively well-off population, possibly composed of artisans or merchants,” they confirm from INRAP. And the big surprise came. During their excavations, archaeologists located more than just ancient walls and causeways. When studying remains from the residential area dating back to Late Antiquity, they discovered three large ceramic vessels with thousands of coins dating between the last four of the 3rd century AD and the beginning of the 4th century. Two of these amphorae were located in the INRP excavation. The other appeared during the work of the Regional Archeology Service. In December, Live Science needed that in total the ‘treasure’ includes more than 40,000 coins. To be more precise, the first amphora contains 38 kg of metal, which is equivalent to about 23,000-24,000 pieces, according to calculations by Vicent Geneviève, INRAP numismatist. The second jar has a broken neck and a total of around 50 kg, so experts estimate that it contains between 18,000 and 19,000. Curiously, the third container preserves only three pieces. By analyzing all this material in detail, the Gallic archaeologists came to the conclusion that the amphorae were buried between 280 and 310 AD. In fact, some coins include the faces of the emperors. Victorino, Gloomy I and his son Gloomy IIemperors of the fleeting Gallic Empire who ruled the region with their backs to the centralized power of Rome between 260 and 274 AD Why is it important? It is not every day that amphorae from 1,800 years ago are discovered with 40,000 coins Romans. However, to be honest, in the Meuse area there have already been found about thirty of coin deposits. If the INRAP discovery is so important, it is, more than because of the number of pieces in the vessels, because of their context. Archaeologists believe that we are not looking at treasures hidden for security, but rather a kind of homemade bank. What’s more, the amphorae were not hidden with coins inside. Everything indicates that they were buried in an accessible place and then filled up. “Carefully placed”. “These deposits should be considered as a snapshot of complex monetary management, planned in the medium and long term, within a household or administration, capable of making deposits and withdrawals at regular intervals,” they explain the INRAP experts, who after analyzing the vessels and their surroundings do not see signs of a “hasty concealment.” “The containers were carefully placed in well-prepared pits, vertical thanks to leveling stones. Their location, in apparently common rooms and at a height close to the ground, indicates that they remained easily accessible to their owner,” the archaeologists insist. The great mystery. In reality, the great mystery is not why someone (one or more people) stored tens of thousands of coins in amphorae buried at ground level or what they intended to do with all that money. The real enigma is why he left them there, apparently forgotten for centuries. INRAP experts several ideas slidesuch as the fact that Senon hosted a military fortification at that time located just 150 meters from the excavated area. Was there a link between the amphorae with coins and that military base? Was the money reserved for payments? Researchers know that at the beginning of the 4th century there was a fire in the area that could have affected the coin deposits. Later the houses were rebuilt taking advantage of the charred foundations and walls, but that second occupation barely lasted 50 years. The place seemed to be definitively depopulated in the middle of the IV, after another fire. Images | Simon Ritz-Anthony Robin–INRAP Via | 3DGames In Xataka | The archaeologists who have found a Roman temple in Cuenca: “You can see an owl, which is the bird that represents Minerva”

After 10 years in prison for not revealing where 500 gold coins are, the world’s greatest treasure hunter is now free to go after them

March 28, 2026 by usatoday24

Right off the bat, the name of Tommy Thompson It may not sound familiar to you at all. Besides ocean engineer and inventor, he is one of the greatest treasure hunters in the world, a profession that inevitably evokes Indiana Jones and a life of cinema. And well, Thompson has it: a few days ago he was released from prison after serving 10 years of his sentence. The crime? Do not reveal where 500 gold coins from a famous sunken ship are (among other things). The discovery. In 1988 Tommy Thompson and his team, the Columbus-America Discovery Group, they found the remains of the steamboat SS Central America at a depth of 8,000 feet in the Atlantic, about 200 miles east of Charleston, South Carolina. To achieve this, they used Bayesian search theory and a remotely operated vehicle. The SS Central America was known as the “Gold Ship” for something: how much gold it transported. How much? good question. The gold ship. To give some context, it was the time of the gold rush and the mission of the ship was to transport that valuable metal from the new San Francisco Mint to increase the reserves for the banks of the eastern United States. He never did. On September 3, 1857, while operating on the Panama route, it sank off the coast of South Carolina when it was involved in a category 2 hurricane. The ship carried 477 passengers, 101 crew members and much, much gold. In fact, its sinking was one of the triggers for the panic of 1857. I don’t have the accounts. Gary Kinder spent a decade studying the event to write his “Ship of Gold”, where details which was carrying 3 tons of gold and possibly a similar amount of passengers (undisclosed and therefore unquantifiable) and it was also rumored that there was another 15 tons of gold in a secret army shipment. However, a US Department of Defense document declassified in 1971 reported that the official cargo was 11.2 tons of gold (not including personal or secret gold). The American naval history magazine, the closest source to the discovery, It does not give a figure in weight but a value: The gold consigned to New York banks was equivalent to 40 million dollars at the time. In general, the figure of 30,000 pounds of gold (about 14,000 kg) is also relatively widespread. But what was on the boat is one thing and what they found is another. Or they said find. Bob Evans, chief scientist of the expedition (and another one that followed in 2014). from the hand of Odyssey), account for the Seattle Times that in 1988 they found two tons of gold. The legal conflict. Much of that gold was later sold to a trading company for about $50 million. as reported by Reuters. But according to those 161 investors who financed $12.7 million for the expedition, they never reaped the benefits. So In 2005 they filed a lawsuit for breach of contract and concealment of assets. Thompson first secluded himself in Florida, then disappeared and lived under a false identity. He was finally arrested in 2015. The case reached a dead end: the judge in the case ordered him to reveal the whereabouts of 500 missing gold coins, but the engineer He claimed not to know where they are. He was declared in contempt, which is why he has served a decade in prison. The liberation. Today Tommy Thompson is 73 years old and a few days ago regained his freedom because, according to the judge, keeping him imprisoned does not work. CBS News picks up the opinion of civil law experts who explain that it is very unusual for a sentence for civil contempt to last so long. He has neither revealed where the coins are nor has he settled the debt with his investors. Meanwhile, the treasure of the SS Central America continues to feed the myth: in 2022 was auctioned one of the largest bars on the ship, 866 ounces (almost 27 kg), reaching a price of 2.16 million dollars. In Xataka | I dedicate myself to digging with a metal detector and I have more than 4 million followers on YouTube In Xataka | A man from Osaka left 21 gold bars at the doors of City Hall. I only had one requirement: renew the pipes Cover | Olga ga and Zlaťáky.cz

In the 70s Álava left an entire town under its airport. What I didn’t know was that it was hiding a treasure of 5,000 medieval coins.

February 26, 2026 by usatoday24

He Vitoria airport It may not be the largest, the best connected or the busiest in the country, but it stands out for the volume of merchandise it moves. Last month it exceeded 5,400 tonswhich consolidates it as Aena’s fourth busiest aerodrome, only behind Barajas, El Prat and Zaragoza. If the Alava terminal works, moving cargo, planes and hundreds of thousands of passengers, it is thanks to an old village that ended up buried in the 70s: Otaza. The most curious thing is that he did it with a hidden medieval treasure. The price of growing. In the 1970s, Álava businessmen found themselves with a dilemma. If they wanted to continue growing, they needed better connections, regular flights that would allow them to reach the rest of the metropolises in Spain and Europe. They had the Salburua airfieldinaugurated in 1935, but it did not seem like the best solution, so the technicians had to look for alternatives. And they found her. After evaluating several locations in the region, such as Ullibarri Arrazua. Salvatierra or Zurbano concluded that the best solution was to set up a new aircraft facility on the land of the town of Foronda. A work in record time. The project had the support of the Provincial Council and moved forward with astonishing speed. At least for the deadlines that infrastructures the size of an airport usually handle today. The construction of the aerodrome was approved in 1972 and in 1976 Civil Aviation gave its OK to the first phase. The works, remember The Mailinvolved the construction of a 2,200 x 45 m flight runway, in addition to the operating systems. The work (and procedures) continued to advance at a good pace during the following years. In 1978, the institutional machinery was launched to contract the control tower, accesses and urbanization and just two years later (the January 30, 1980) the ministry officially opened Vitoria Airport to national and international passenger traffic. In April of that same year Iberia inaugurated one of its most important lines, the one that exalts it with Madrid. Sew and sing, right? Not at all. The construction of the terminal encountered a problem: the proximity of a small village that ended up being located 370 meters from the runway. His name: Otaza. The population had a long history and it even had its own church, but it was not what is said to be very populous. It is estimated that at the beginning of the 19th century it hosted only about thirty of people, more or less what there were in 1974, when according to The Mail 26 neighbors lived there. The Álava authorities were therefore faced with a dilemma: What should take priority, the new airfield or a village with a handful of families? And the pickaxe arrived. The expropriation was not what is called simple. Not all the neighbors willingly agreed to leave their homes and in fact there were a few ‘numantinos’ (not many, it is true) who did not leave until the end. Their efforts did not prevent the bulldozers from taking Otaza away. In October 1979, the regional press reported how, after a break and despite not yet having reached a total agreement with the neighbors, the authorities had resumed the demolition work. The Bishopric had fewer objections, which reached an agreement that allowed the village temple to be demolished. The pickaxe had to work little. A few days later, on November 2, the demolition was completed. A town to remember. That was the end of Otaza. Although in its day the town had welcomed dozens of people, had a church and services, the expropriation of the land and the demolition works sealed its fate. Shortly after completing the works, the authorities agreed the disappearance of the council, which is now part of Astegieta. However, as EITB recalls, it was not the only town affected by the works on the new terminal. Antezana of Foronda He also paid a ‘toll’ for Álava to have its own flights. One last surprise. Otaza’s story could have ended there if it weren’t for the fact that shortly after his ‘death’, in April 1980, a family decided to take a walk through the grounds. During the walk, as they passed near the church of San Emeterio and San Celedonio, they found a jar with coins. The piece caught their attention enough to report it to the authorities, who confirmed that it was a curious treasure: more than 5,000 coins of copper and silver minted during the reigns of Alfonso I of Aragon and Alfonso VIIIbetween the 12th and 13th centuries. Today it is known as “the treasure of Otaza”. Images | WikipediaGoogle Earth and Mikelo (Flickr) In Xataka | Barajas needed to improve its roads but a baroque hermitage made it complicated. Solution: put it in a roundabout

The San José Galeon sank in 1708 with a treasure of 20,000 million. A handful of coins has revealed its destiny

June 15, 2025 by usatoday24

Throughout the planet it is estimated that there are close to three million Of pecios, vessels that caught in their day and now rest at the bottom of the oceans, turned into sentences of marine life. This list is included from transatlantic as The Titanic to destroyers of World War II, abandoned boats or colonial caravels. Few arouse the interest of San Joséthe galleon sunk in 1708 off the coast of Colombia with the wineries full of gold, silver and gems, a treasure that some value in almost 20,000 million of dollars. His exact whereabouts was a mystery for centuries. Now Colombian archaeologists believe Having located it without a doubt thanks to a track that confirms the opulence of his treasure: the gold coins that he transported on board. A Milmillonario Treasury. In his day the San José was an imposing galeon, a large ship of 40 meters of length12 of manga, three masts and 64 cannons built in Guipúzcoa commissioned by King Carlos II. Your mission: work on the Indian fleet. Neither its power nor its dimension avoided however that the history of San José was brief. The ship ended up sinking from the coast of Colombia in June 1708, only a few years after its launch, beaten by the cannons of a squad of British privateers during the Battle of Barúin full war of Spanish succession. The most curious thing is that the legend of San José began just then, after its shipwreck. And the reason is simple: in addition to a crew formed by hundreds of sailors, the galleon loaded with gold, silver and gems, among other treasures. There is talk of a loot of 200 tons that today would reach a value of billions of dollars. Some estimates place it in 17,000 millionothers in more than 20,000. There are also those that reduce that calculation, but without leaving the land of the thousands of millionsan imposing treasure. And where is the San José? For centuries that was the great unknown. It was known that the wreck was In the Colombian Caribbeanbut … where exactly? What were your coordinates? In 1981 A company announced to hype and saucer having found the Galeon and allegedly delivered the information to the government in exchange for keeping a part of the treasure, but the story soon complicated. In 2015 The country’s authorities claimed to have located the remains of the Spanish ship in a different place, which tightened the disputes about who has the merit of the finding and (more importantly) the rights over the treasure. The big clue: the coins. Historical discoveries often depend on small details. And underwater archeology is no exception. Although experts have been convinced that the vestiges resting in front of the Colombian coast are the remains of San José, a New research published in Antiquity He has just reaffirmed the identity of the wreck. And in a fairly peculiar way: analyzing the gold coins located in the underwater deposit, at approximately 600 meters deep To get it a Colombian team undertook Between 2022 and 2024 Several expeditions focused on the remains of the wreck. He did it With the help of a rova non -manned submarine vehicle that allowed experts to obtain high resolution photos of the coins that rest on the site. Thanks to techniques such as The photogrammetry They were also able to draw a three -dimensional reconstruction of the wreck and several models and digital replicas of the environment. And what did they discover? They found Macuquinashand coined coins and that were used for more than two centuries in the trade of the Americas. With the help of high resolution photos taken in situ – the Colombian Institute of Anthropology and History assures That no object object was extracted – experts discovered that the pieces have an average diameter of 32.5 mm, weigh 27 grams and are coined with revealing designs. On the obverse, the coins show a variant of The Jerusalem Cross (A large cross with four smaller) next to a shield with castles and lions, symbol of Castilla y León. On the back they carry the Hercules crowned columns On waves, which relates the pieces to the Lima Mint. Squeezing clues. They are not the only clues identified by archaeologists, who have identified a “L” that seems to refer to Lima, an “8” that shows the value of the currency and an “H” related to the brand of Francisco de Hurtadohe Major trial of Indies in 1707. In the central part of the coins the legend “PVA”, “Plus Ultra” is also appreciated, a wink to the maritime expansion of the Spanish monarchy. The information is completed with three digits (707) located at the bottom of the pillars, a reference to the year in which the coins were coined: 1707, just before the San José sink into the Caribbean. Why is it important? Because all these data are clues that help to better understand the site and the circumstances in which the galleon that rests there. “Unraveling the characteristics of the currencies helps to determine the age and origin of the wreck”, collect the article. “First, it establishes a temporal frame: the sinking had to occur after 1707. This, along with other tests, such as the presence of Chinese porcelain Kangxi And inscriptions in the cannons dating from 1665, suggests that the ship sank at the beginning of the XVIII. “ “Corroborate identification”. The coins also give clues on the route that must have followed the sunken galleon. “In the Viceroyalty of Peru, several gold mines were registered, mainly in Puno and Huamanga. It is likely that the material to coined the coins would be obtained from these mines and processed in the house of La Moneda de Lima, which resumed operations in 1683 and began to coined gold in 1696,” Experts reveal In your study. All those evidence, added to what historians already know about colonial history, leads them to A resounding conclusion: “The set of tests corroborates … Read more

Elon Musk’s DOGE would seek to eliminate the penny coin due to its cost

January 24, 2025 by usatoday24

Donald Trump’s entry into the presidency has been dizzying. He has already approved several measures through his executive orders. Within them, he created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) that will be directed by billionaire Elon Musk. And like the president, the owner of X already has his first objective when assuming his new position: remove the penny. According to a recent post on XDOGE wrote that the cost of producing a penny in the United States exceeds its nominal value, which makes it an unnecessary expense for taxpayers. According to the data provided, the US government currently spends more than 3 cents to manufacture each penny, while its value is just 1 cent (¢1). The DOGE highlighted that the US Mint produced more than 4.5 billion pennies in fiscal year 2023, representing about 40% of all coins in circulation. This process cost taxpayers more than $179 million dollars in that same year.. This figure reflects a considerable increase, since in 2016 the cost of manufacturing a penny was only 1.5 cents, less than half of what it costs today. The focus of DOGE is not limited to just the penny. Under Musk, the goal is to reduce federal spending significantly. In previous statements, former President Donald Trump assured that DOGE would provide recommendations to “cut excessive regulations, eliminate unnecessary spending and restructure federal agencies.” Musk, for his part, has made it clear that his group aims goal to reduce annual federal government spending by $500 billion. The rising cost of producing a penny is not new. According to the US Mint’s annual report for 2024, now Approximately 3.7 cents are spent for every penny manufactured and distributed. This is due in part to the increase in the price of zinc, the main material used in its manufacture, whose cost per metric ton has doubled in value since 2016. Over the years, there have been several proposals to discontinue pennies minting, including a suggestion in 2015 by then-Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. However, some economists have warned that Removing pennies could come with complicated side effects, such as rounding off prices to multiples of 5 centswhich could lead to increases in the costs of small products. Other countries have made the decision to eliminate their low-value currencies. Canada, for example, stopped minting its one cent coin in 2012. A 2018 economic analysis found that, as a result of this move, Canadian consumers paid an additional $3.27 million annually due to price rounding in supermarkets. However, it is recognized that eliminating pennies can also reduce operating costs, such as the time it takes to count and exchange these coins, which, as the old business adage goes, “time is money.” DOGE is not limited to just the penny. According to the 2024 Mint report, nickel is also in the spotlightsince it costs about 14 cents to produce and distribute each 5-cent coin. You may also be interested in:

The 5 coins you should keep in your possession in 2025

January 22, 2025 by usatoday24

Coins can be much more than just objects of exchange. Some of them, especially the rarest and oldest, can become extremely valuablemuch more than their nominal values indicate. If you have some coins in your possession that look unusual or old, you might be sitting on a small fortune. With digital media, Interest in numismatics has grown, which would help boost the price of a valuable coin. Here are five rare coins that could increase significantly in value in the coming years, so we recommend keeping them locked up in 2025. 1. 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar One of the most coveted coins by collectors, the Dollar Flowing Hair of 1794 It is a historical piece that represents the first silver dollar minted by the United States government. With only between 150 and 200 coins surviving today, its rarity makes it very valuable. At an auction, one of these dollars sold for $6.6 million dollars. If you are lucky enough to find one of these coins in your collection, don’t hesitate to keep it. In addition to its great historical value, its auction price can range from thousands to hundreds of thousands of dollars, depending on its condition. 2. 1913 Liberty Head Nickel The 1913 Liberty Head Nickel It is one of the most mysterious and rare coins in United States history. There are only a few examples, and some of them have reached astronomical figures at auction. In 2007, One of these copies sold for $5 million dollars.. Although it is highly unlikely that you will own one of these coins, if you ever find a Liberty Head from this date, it could be worth much more than you imagine. This coin is a perfect example of how a rare piece can increase in value over time.. 3. Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle The Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle coin is a gold coin originally valued at $20 and minted between 1907 and 1933. The design of this coin, created by sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens, features Lady Liberty holding a torch and an olive branch, while an eagle flies overhead. the reverse. This piece is one of the most beautiful in American numismatics.. Coins in excellent condition They can sell for more than $200,000.and In 2020, a sale of one of these coins was recorded for nearly $300,000 dollars. 4. 1940s Mercury Dime Dime Mercury Coinsminted between 1916 and 1945, have several rare editions, and one of them is from the 1940s. With more than 21 million copies manufactured, It is not as rare as the previous onesbut some versions of these coins can still sell for considerable amounts. At auctions, some of these pieces have sold for up to $8,519 dollars. Its design, which shows Liberty wearing a winged cap, remains highly prized by collectors. Although it does not have the same value as other specimens, it is still an interesting coin to keep in your collection. 5. 1909-S Indian Head Penny The Indian Head of 1909-S It is a coin that was only minted in a limited edition of 300,000 copies, making it one of the rarest and most desired by collectors. This coin, which depicts Lady Liberty with an indigenous headdresshas considerable value if it is in good condition. In 2021, one of these pieces sold for $3,400 dollarsand some rarer specimens can exceed that value depending on their grade. Although it is not as expensive as the above coins, it is still a great long-term investment. You may also be interested in:

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