An extremely rare half-dollar coin from 1838, now valued at as much as $500,000, is set for auction this week. The 1838-O Capped Bust half dollar is one of only nine that are known to exist, according ...

Both options offer exposure to the precious metal, but the premiums, liquidity and collecting value can differ.

The finest example of the 1804 silver dollar known to exist sold for US$7.86 million at a Stack’s Bowers Galleries auction earlier this week, making it the second-most valuable U.S. silver dollar ever ...

Silver has been on a remarkable run recently, with prices climbing dramatically over the past year as investors seek out safe-haven assets amid economic uncertainty. The precious metal has outpaced ...

An American silver coin dating back to the 17th century, before the United States was founded, has sold for a record-breaking $2.52 million at auction, eight years after it was discovered in an old ...

Silver coins are highly prized by dealers and collectors — not just because of their silver content, but also because they tend to be scarcer than coins minted with copper, nickel, zinc and other ...

(Bloomberg) — Sol Glatstein, a 79-year-old resident of Manhattan’s Upper East Side, took a bus downtown one day last month to sell a mint-condition American Silver Eagle dollar coin inherited from his ...