Although the Royal Charter of the Colony of Virginia in 1609 granted the authority to mint coins, the power was never used ...

‘Coins & Currency in Colonial America’ An online exhibit, presented by Colonial Williamsburg, showcases money made both here and abroad that was used through the end of the American Revolution.

Colonial Williamsburg has a 94-piece collection of Hull & Sanderson’s silver coins. When paper money was first authorized, Dummer engraved the plates for the Connecticut colony.

Rare silver coin made in Colonial New England could fetch $300,000 at auction ... which includes several other early American coins, is scheduled for Nov. 26. William J. Kole in Warwick, ...

Rare Colonial New England coin up for auction, expected to fetch $1 million Minted in Boston in 1652, it’s one of the first coins made in the Colonies.

WARWICK, R.I. — One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late 1600s, one of the world's most ruthless pirates wandered the American colonies with ...

Each of these coins contains at least one troy ounce of 99.9% pure silver, and the weight and purity of each of these coins is backed by the government. American Silver Eagles do carry a ...

A silver coin minted in colonial Boston in 1652 has sold for $351,912. The one shilling coin is one of just 40 of its kind known to survive today, the Associated Press (AP) reports.

American Silver Eagle Coins, Fact No. 2: The Value of American Silver Eagle Coins Is Mandated by the U.S. Government. Each American Eagle coin has a nominal face value of $1 and is made up of one ...

One of the oldest known pieces of colonial American silver is now a part of the impressive and still growing silver collection of Colonial Williamsburg. The newly acquired caudle cup — crafte… ...