For example, France’s King Jean II Le Bon passed a law that created the first franc in 1360, although coins had been produced before then. The new gold coins acted as “ransom payments” to ...

The coins span multiple mints through Germany, Switzerland, and France. While laying down underground piping near a swimming pool, Claus Völker, a resident of German municipality Glottertal ...

A mule is a coin with mismatching stamps on either side. On this specimen, one side was stamped with the 50 cent reverse and the other with the 20 cent reverse. Next, there was a French 20 cent ...

On Tuesday, Russian authorities announced the seizure of a collection of ancient gold coins stolen from the Saint-Remi Museum in Reims, northeastern France, after an attempt to sell them on the ...