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Gone in 9 minutes: How a Celtic gold heist unfolded in Germany

3:00am November 24, 2022

by The Associated Press

Thieves who broke into a southern German museum and stole hundreds of ancient gold coins got in and out in nine minutes without raising the alarm, officials said Wednesda

Maya Angelou, other women will be celebrated on new U.S. coins

3:52pm October 08, 2021

by Keri Brown

Poet, actress, author, and activist Maya Angelou will be honored on U.S. coins.

Poet and activist Maya Angelou seen addressing the Democratic National in Boston, Massachusetts in July 2004. She is one of the female trailblazers who will be featured on some U.S. quarters starting in 2022.

Maya Angelou, Sally Ride and other trailblazing women will be featured on U.S. coins

12:00pm October 07, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

For a limited time beginning next year, the U.S. Mint will issue quarters honoring women from history. The first batch celebrates icons in civil rights, politics, humanities and science.

Coins have been in short supply around the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic.

Exact Change Please: Walmart, Kroger, CVS Are Feeling The Coin Shortage

7:38pm July 16, 2020

by Alina Selyukh

Stores, supermarkets and gas stations are grappling with low supplies of pocket change. The national shortage is due in part to people going out less to spend money during the pandemic.

Is It Time To Kill The Penny?

6:30am July 14, 2020

by Greg Rosalsky

As America experiences a coin shortage, Planet Money takes a look at the value of the penny.

Banks around the U.S. are running low on nickels, dimes, quarters and even pennies because of problems with production and distribution caused by coronavirus pandemic.

The Latest Pandemic Shortage: Coins Are The New Toilet Paper

2:14pm June 21, 2020

by Scott Horsley

In another sign of how the coronavirus crisis is disrupting commerce, banks are running short of nickels, dimes and quarters. The Federal Reserve, which supplies banks, is having to ration change.

Hundreds of ancient gold coins were unearthed in the basement of a demolished theater in northern Italy. Archaeologists are calling it an "exceptional discovery."

World News

Hundreds Of Roman Gold Coins Found In Theater Basement

5:55pm September 10, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

The treasure was uncovered in the basement of a historic building in northern Italy, and date to the Roman Empire.

Tenth-century silver items are pictured on a table in Schaprode, northern Germany, on Friday. A 13-year-old boy and a hobby archaeologist have unearthed a "significant" trove in Germany which may have belonged to the legendary Danish King Harald Bluetooth

Amateur Archaeologist And 13-Year-Old Student Discover Trove Tied To Danish King

9:34pm April 16, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The duo uncovered thousand-year-old silver coins, pearls, rings and a hammer in northern Germany. They include coins from the reign of Harald Bluetooth of Denmark — possibly from his own trove.

The female green sea turtle nicknamed "Piggy Bank" swims in a pool earlier this month at the Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Thailand's Chonburi province.

The Thai Turtle That Ate Hundreds Of Coins Has Died

12:40pm March 21, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The green sea turtle drew international sympathy when it emerged that she had consumed nearly 1,000 coins that had been thrown into her pool. She died despite two emergency surgeries.

The female green sea turtle swims in a pool at Sea Turtle Conservation Center in Chonburi Province, Thailand, prior to her surgery.

World News

Turtle That Ate Nearly 1,000 Coins Recovering From Surgery In Thailand

5:50pm March 06, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

Tossing a coin into a pool is believed to be good luck. But it proved to be terrible luck for an endangered sea turtle who consumed nearly 1,000 coins thrown into her pool.