For the 250th anniversary of "the shot heard round the world," Northeast Numismatics in Concord, Mass., supplied Dan Carr with 250 of the 1925 commemorative half dollars to be overstruck for 2025.

Celebration organisers have appealed for wartime memorabilia to help mark the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe (VE) Day.

With President Trump now seeking to end the penny’s production, coin shops in the Valley are preparing for life without the ...