Treasure hunter finds gold coin worth $98,000 from the world’s most valuable shipwreck

Treasure hunter diving on the Nuestra de Atocha shipwreck site in Florida finds a gold coin worth $98K Rare gold coin from ‘world’s most valuable shipwreck’ has been found off the Florida Keys Zach Moore discovered the gold coin in 30 feet of water on July 16 It is the 121st coin found from the … Read more

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin sells for £64,000

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin issued by Tower of London between 1538 and 1541 which was the ‘origin of the pound’ sells for £64,000 at auction The Sovereign gold coin is one of only five known examples on the market   Minted around the time that Henry made himself head of new Church of England … Read more

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin sells for £64,000

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin issued by Tower of London between 1538 and 1541 which was the ‘origin of the pound’ sells for £64,000 at auction The Sovereign gold coin is one of only five known examples on the market   Minted around the time that Henry made himself head of new Church of England … Read more

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin which was the ‘origin of the pound’ set to go under the hammer

Rare 22-carat gold Henry VIII coin issued by Tower of London between 1538 and 1541 which was the ‘origin of the pound’ is set to go under the hammer for £50,000 The Sovereign gold coin is one of only five known examples on the market It was minted at a time when Henry VIII was … Read more

Anglo-Saxon coin collector’s unparalleled treasure trove of 576 items sells for £856,000

Tony Abramson’s remarkable collection of historic Anglo-Saxon coins has sold at auction for a staggering £856,000 A finance director’s remarkable collection of historic Anglo-Saxon coins has sold at auction for a staggering £856,000. Tony Abramson, a former president of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society, started collecting coins aged four, in the 1950s. His passion developed during his … Read more

Anglo-Saxon coin collector’s unparalleled treasure trove of 576 items sells for £856,000

Tony Abramson’s remarkable collection of historic Anglo-Saxon coins has sold at auction for a staggering £856,000 A finance director’s remarkable collection of historic Anglo-Saxon coins has sold at auction for a staggering £856,000. Tony Abramson, a former president of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society, started collecting coins aged four, in the 1950s. His passion developed during his … Read more

Another Royal Mint coin customer receives £400 compensation payout

Andy Hardaker paid over £1,900 for 6 gold coins which did not arrive for over a month  Another Royal Mint customer has been handed a several hundred-pound payout after an order of gold bullion coins was delivered more than a month after it was placed, and after he had asked for it to be cancelled. … Read more

UPS refused to deliver my gold coin from Belgium unless I paid £368 in taxes

I recently ordered a Queen’s Beasts 1oz gold coin from a company based in Belgium for £1,760 and it was dispatched using UPS. After a few false emails telling me it was going to be delivered, my wife waited in all day for it not to arrive. Later that night, I received an email from … Read more

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million

Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more