The government has decided to keep the penny piece following a consultation, despite the suggestion from a survey that six in 10 of UK 1p and 2p coins are only used once before being put in a jar ...
"Some numpty dumpty managed to put a dye for the obverse of the 'Red Arrows' £2 (from the same year) in the machine by mistake, resulting in quite a few hybrid coins," the Great British Coin Hunt ...
CHECKING down the back of your sofa or in your coat pockets might result in a windfall if you can find any rare coins. The Royal Mint, the official maker of British coins, regularly puts limited ...
During the Covid pandemic, cash use plummeted. Since then, demand for new coins has nearly evaporated. Last year, the mint issued 15.8 million British coins, a 90 percent drop from the year before.
A hoard of over 400 coins dated to the first century is a rare mix of Roman and British money. Two metal detectorists in the ...
This British coin features the inscription VEP CORF in ... Iron Age coins were probably not used as money but exchanged as gifts between rulers and buried in the ground as gifts to the gods.
while ‘Big Brother’ is also commonly used to describe situations where people lack privacy or where they are being severely controlled. The George Orwell commemorative £2 coin will be ...
The British Museum said it was the second largest ... Experts say this is an early example of tax evasion as the coin maker would re-use an outdated die on one side to avoid paying a fee to ...