He won four gold medals for the UK at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. And Mo Farah proved he was more suited to sports than geography as he struggled to find Wales on a map during Monday’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. The athlete, 37, joined Giovanna Fletcher to take on … Read more
Victoria Derbyshire and Hollie Arnold were drenched in pink goo, as they read fairy tales to each other during the Castle Coin Challenge on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta here. On Thursday’s episode, the broadcast journalist, 52, and the Paralympian, 26, ventured into the fairy tale garden on the Gwrych Castle grounds. Once they arrived, … Read more
Enthusiasm from institutional investors, investment banks and payment companies and continued money printing by central banks means the price of bitcoin is close to its all-time high. The cryptocurrency has seen its price surge 52 per cent since the start of September and currently sits at a three-year high of more than $18,000, or £13,600. … 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
Mesmerising moment a TikTok user transforms an Australian 20 cent coin and removes almost 50 years of grime in a couple of minutes A video shows almost 50 years of dirt being removed from a 20 cent coin The moment from start to finish was posted on Tik Tok by user ‘Clean Coins’ Dozens of … 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