These days, owning gold coins can look a little different ... the Mexican volcanoes Popocatépetl and Iztaccíhuatl in the background. The back of the coin features the Mexican Coat of Arms.

A collection of over 30 gold and silver English and Scottish coins from throughout the 1400s were discovered near the ...

A trove of around 15,000 rare gold and silver coins hidden from Nazis and worth somewhere in the neighborhood of $100 million ...

But Alyattes had been making coins out of electrum, a naturally occurring gold-and-silver alloy that often has bits of other metals in it. Alyattes' coins were standardized based on weight ...

Knowing what some of the most popular gold bullion coins are, how they work and their pros and cons may help you decide if you want physical gold as part of your investment portfolio. Whether you ...