The rare 50p coins featuring Olympic swimmers that sell for £10,000 Some commemorative coins produced for the London 2012 Olympics are rare The original accidentally incorporated wavy lines obscuring the swimmer’s face Only 600 were released before the mistake was spotted and the coin re-minted By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 … Read more
Black and ethnic minority people could feature on British money for first time under plan for coins featuring historical figures including Gurkha heroes and wartime nurse Chancellor Rishi Sunak considering plans Treasury minister tells the Telegraph British-Jamaican Crimean War nurse Mary Seacole one name being considered Plans have been submitted to Royal Mint by The Bank … Read more
More than 100 children are found buried with coins in their mouths at lost 16th century graveyard in Poland discovered during excavations for major motorway Construction workers excavating a motorway in Poland found a graveyard The burial site dates back to the 16th century and holds 115 skeletons Experts say 70 to 80 percent of the remains … Read more
The cashier at WHSmith clears his throat to make sure Diane von Kesmark, 72, can hear him. ‘It’s hygiene, madam,’ he tells her, emphatically. But he is not referring to the transparent plastic shield separating customers from the till, nor the latex gloves he is wearing to handle goods. He is explaining why he can’t … Read more
Royal Mint releases a new range of special 50p coins picturing dinosaurs discovered in England that feature augmented reality Three new coins feature dinosaurs whose fossils were discovered in England The packaging can be scanned on the Royal Mint app to show information and pictures The collection is the first time that dinosaurs have features … Read more
Brothers Chris and Jeff Abbott went back to work last Saturday, when they opened their two DIY shops for the first time in four weeks. Only three customers are allowed in at a time and chip-and-pin machines are cleaned frequently with antibacterial wipes. Acrylic screens shield staff from customers at the tills. But the coronavirus … Read more
Collectors buying up watches, coins and even vintage Hornby model trains to cash in on crisis By Amelia Murray For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 BST, 5 May 2020 | Updated: 23:36 BST, 5 May 2020 Collectors have flocked online to buy vintage watches, gold coins and memorabilia since lockdown began. Experts say the trend … Read more
Collectors and investors appear to have flocked to gold coins as a safe haven buy amid stock market turbulence caused by coronavirus, with some at a behind closed doors auction this week selling for triple their estimate. More than 500 lots of coins dating from the Iron Age all the way through to 2008 went … Read more