A gold Roman coin believed to be the first of its kind ever found in Britain fetched $6,000 after being unearthed by a metal ...

While not old, this coin is unique because of its sheer size and weight. Weighing 100 kilograms and made of 99.999% pure gold, it was primarily a showpiece by the Royal Canadian Mint. Still ...

They realised that the answer was for the state to mint coins of pure gold and ... very fine powder of the gold straight from the mines, or else get bigger pieces of old gold and hammer it out ...

where it produces 99.99% pure gold and then turns it into cast bars, minted bars, and coins. The refinery gets its gold from two sources. Primary: gold from mines that is 90% pure. Secondary ...

According to a press release about the sale sent to CNN, the original collector - who has not been identified - first began buying gold coins after the Wall Street Crash of 1929. He soon developed ...