At the time of writing this post, there were over 127,000 items listed in the US Coins category on eBay. With such a large number of items, the chances are good that the coin you are looking for may be for sale. However, sometimes it is difficult to narrow your search results to find the specific selection of items which meet your interest.

This post outlines some of the advanced search features that you can use to help me narrow down search results and find coins more effectively.

London is the host city for the Games of the XXX Olympiad in 2012. In what looks to be an area that was once a small settlement, pottery from the 4th century and an old Roman coin were found buried beneath a river wall.

Paul Kmiotek of New York was in for a big surprise when he opened the 2007 state quarter proof set his in-laws gave him on his birthday. The last thing he expected to find was a major minting error.

There's an absurd prickle to the mind upon first hearing someone is thrown into jail for trying to open a bank account with a fake $1M dollar bill.

It's close to the same level of thinking as someone trying to pass off a video game token or 2007 penny for a million bucks to a rare coin dealer.

IRVINE, Calif.----Escala Group, Inc.'s Bowers and Merena Auctions, America's leading rare coin auction house, was once again the Official Auctioneer of the Baltimore Coin and Currency Convention held on November 14 to 17, 2007, at the Baltimore Convention Center.

The U.S. Mint announcement showing artist renderings of the final 2008 state quarters proved to be popular with the media, which provides another barometer reading that underscores the success of the 50 States Quarters® Program.

Last week was Queen Elizabeth's and Prince Philip's 60th - the Diamond - Wedding Anniversary. Anyone's 60th wedding anniversary deserves some news time and a shout of congratulations.

A royal 60th anniversary is on a completely different scale. And perhaps more so deserved as it was the first diamond wedding anniversary in British royal history.

Shirley Goldberg has a poster at her jewelry store at Westfield Garden State Plaza in Paramus that could be called a sign of the times. "We Buy Gold and Silver. Highest Prices Paid," the sign reads.

The Australian Proof 1930 Penny is valued at more than one million dollars. Alongside the penny, and not to be short-changed by much in comparative uniqueness, if at all, is the first Australian coin, the 1788 Holey Dollar.

The US Mint has just officially announced details of the 10th Anniversary Platinum Eagle Set. Many collectors have been awaiting this set as a follow up to last year's popular 20th Anniversary Gold and Silver Eagle Sets.