Coins and currency have always carried more than face value — they’ve carried fear, faith, and fascination. This Halloween, CoinCollecting.com invites you to explore the shadowy corners of numismatic history in The Haunted History of Money, a five-part blog series blending folklore, mystery, and collector insight. Discover ancient Charon’s obols placed with the dead, bent silver charms hidden to ward off witches, royal touch pieces once believed to heal, the ominous 1666 “Mark of the Beast” year set, and the modern legend of Canada’s “Devil’s Face” banknote.

Each story reveals how superstition and symbolism have shaped money

— and how collectors can keep these legends alive, ethically and authentically.