Are colored European coins a creative enhancement or an unwelcome alteration? While some collectors embrace the vivid designs ...

French teachers have protested against plans to give schoolchildren an Olympics booklet containing a two-euro coin ... Summer Olympic Games with a commemorative coin designed by the Paris Mint ...

the switch to the euro essentially ended a centuries-long era of French coins and notes. If you’re lucky enough to come across the right coin, you could become nearly half-a-million dollars richer.

While the franc remains the official currency of 25 states or autonomous territories, according to the American Numismatic Society, the switch to the euro essentially ended a centuries-long era of ...