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Check for rare coin with millions produced – and it's worth more than face value
The 1952 six pence is a British coin featuring King George VI and is made of cupro-nickel. Its obverse features an uncrowned portrait of King George VI, while the reverse displays a Royal cypher ...
Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field
Dozens of ancient coins believed to have been stolen by Roman troops during the conquest of Britain have been unearthed in a Dutch field. The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British ...
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One rare British coin 'can fetch £30,000' - here's everything you should know
Rare coin specialists are highlighting the value ... to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." During the war, the British government issued bonds to raise funds, with many US investors buying ...
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Rare And Expensive Coins Worth Money In The UK
Certain rare coins are highly sought after by collectors, and could be worth hundreds or even thousands of pounds.
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One rare British coin can fetch £30,000 - have you got it in your loft?
most of these coins were melted down to settle war debts," the experts wrote in an online blog. "Today, they’re a testament to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." The British government ...
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Incredible haul of Bible-era British gold coins found in the Netherlands ‘were spoils of war from conquering Romans’
The coins, which are on display at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, date from AD 46. The museum has revealed that the collection consists of a "unique combination of Roman and British coins ...
10 Unusual Love Tokens from History
Suitors in the 18th and 19th centuries often carved love tokens out of whatever material was at hand. According to the National Museum of Wales, a cow horn carved with intricate patterns in its ...
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“Unique” haul of Roman and British coins found near Utrecht
The National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) in Leiden described the find as a “unique combination of Roman and British coins” and said it was the first such haul on the European ...
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Hundreds of gold and silver coins buried 2,000 years ago unearthed by metal detectorists in the Netherlands
The coins are thousands of years old, the Netherlands' Cultural Heritage Agency said in a news release, and are a mix of Roman and British coins. Bunnik, the village where they were buried ...
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Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field
The “stater” coins were found at less than 30cm below the surface of the soil amount to 11 years in wages for an ordinary Roman soldier, according to the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.
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Ancient and rare British coins taken as ‘spoils of war’ by Romans found in Dutch field
The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British Celtic King Cunobelin were discovered in Bunnik, near Utrecht, by amateur archaeologists. The “stater” coins were found at less than ...
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British literary giant George Orwell famed for his novels 1984 and Animal Farm to be honoured on £2 coin
George Orwell, author of 1984 and Animal Farm, will be celebrated on a new £2 coin design. Released to mark 75 years since the author’s death, the reverse or tails design of the Royal Mint coin ...