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 ...

The Kew Gardens 50p - worth up to £6,800 The Kew Gardens 50p is potentially worth up to £6,800 and is one of the scarcest ...

A RARE 50p coin featuring Beatrix Potter’s beloved character, Peter Rabbit, has been listed on eBay for an impressive £4,000 – a ...

In the United States, the word penny was adopted, which refers to the British penny, the smallest value of a coin in British pound. When it comes to design, the obverse includes the image of ...

The items, which are listed on eBay with a price of around £20,000, have been seen over recent months, alongside others for ...

A PRIZED coin collection with some of the rarest examples of hammered gold in British history has sold for £1.1million. A Charles I piece from 1643 was the top item, going for £222,000.

This led the Reality Check team to wonder if it is in fact the least valuable British coin there has ever been. And that in turn led us to Queen Anne, who came to the British throne in 1702 ...

Owning a penny collection can prove to be a lucrative hobby, with some coins selling for more than their face value. Whether it's the "ultra-rare" Kew Gardens 50p or a King Charles piece dubbed ...

The Royal Mint has unveiled five new commemorative coins as part of it's 2025 annual set including a Red Arrows 50p and Queen ...

March of the Women'; Ethel Smyth) The coin in this programme is a deft act of civil disobedience, and a brilliantly inventive piece of low-budget popular propaganda. It's a British penny with King ...