A 2,000-year-old Iron Age coin depicting Britain’s first ever freedom fighter is set to become one of the most expensive ever sold. Described as the ‘most important single Iron Age coin ever found in this country’, the coin depicts the leader Caratacus, who resisted the Roman invasion in 43AD. It was minted in Hampshire shortly … Read more
Ultra-rare 900-year-old coin found in a farmer’s field is set to fetch up to £7,000 at auction Silver penny was discovered by John Denham, 64, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire Was issued by Henry of Anjou between 1139 and 1148 during ‘Anarchy’ civil war Been given guide price of between £6,000 to £7,000 ahead of sale … Read more
Is this new ‘high-tech’ Britannia coin a golden opportunity as stocks slide? A new ‘high-tech’ Britannia gold coin is being launched this month Sales of earlier Britannias have more than trebled in the past six months The price of a Britannia coin is about £1,600, compared to £860 five years ago By Toby Walne for … Read more
Winnie the Pooh follows Peter Rabbit and Paddington onto a 50p coin: Will collectors rush to the Hundred Acre Wood to buy it? The Royal Mint has announced the first of several 50p coins featuring the bear He will be joined by Christopher Robin and Piglet, and potentially others Four versions will be available with … Read more
There’s no mystery about who this celebrates! New coin marks 100 years since publication of Agatha Christie’s first crime novel The Mysterious Affair At Styles introduced Hercule Poirot to the world in 1920 The coin is available on the Royal Mint’s website, priced from £10 to £1,115 The novel ushered in a golden age of … Read more
A 1,200-year-old silver coin will go under the auction hammer for the second time in six years next week, and could break its own record to become the most expensive Anglo-Saxon coin to ever be sold at auction. The penny, found by a treasure hunter in Pevensey, East Sussex, during a hailstorm six years ago, … Read more
Volunteer on a lockdown litter pick finds 2000-year-old Roman coin that he initially thought was a euro Chris Lyon, 27, made the discovery when he was out helping clean up the Carr Mill Dam in St Helens, Merseyside, with his girlfriend Chelsea Marsden Chris first asked his grandparents about the coin before taking to social … Read more
In your pocket, man: Sir Elton John is commemorated with his own £5 coin… but in a nod to his lavish lifestyle they cost up to £65,000 The coins engraved with Sir Elton’s distinctive glasses and a straw boater hat The Royal Mint will be selling the collectors’ coins will be sold for up to … Read more
A frog no bigger than a 5p coin has been discovered in Madagascar – and already classed as critically endangered by conservationists. The new species of stump-toed frog, named Stumpffia troschaueri, is brown in colour with black spots on its side, in an apparent attempt to camouflage itself among the leaves around it. Four specimens were … Read more
Good health: The NHS coin, representing the letter N, has become the most in-demand of the 26 A-Z 10p coins over the last 3 months Plenty of items have increased in price and become scarcer since the coronavirus pandemic hit Britain in March. Dried pasta, hand sanitiser, toilet roll, flour and dog food are all … Read more