coins

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Powell, from Newport in South Wales, had been jailed in 2019 for his part in stealing 300 Viking coins and gold jewellery he found in a field in Herefordshire in 2015.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

“There is a lot of anxiety in Ukraine—especially about the recent finds, coins from the era of Alexander the Great—that they might end up in Moscow,” Domanski said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

Sailing west across the Pacific for three months, the ships brought silver coins from Spain's American colonies to Manila, where they would be exchanged for luxury goods like silk, porcelain and jade from China.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

Meme coins, a type of cryptocurrency based on internet memes or celebrities, tend to have no economic use but still can be lucrative for insiders and some traders.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

Only we don’t have jelly beans, so Ray uses the coins in his pocket, which is even better.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko