The features are indistinguishable but he is unmistakeably a king – a very special one: Alfred, the only English king to be called “the Great” and the monarch who first unified production of the ...

An incredibly rare coin bearing the head of Edward VIII has sold for a record £516,000, the highest sum ever paid for a British coin. It is one of only two ‘proof’ gold coins that were struck ahead of ...

We may have just been introduced to the design for a new 12-sided £1 coin, but you may want to keep an eye out for this old design when it comes to raking it in FEELING a little skint after Christmas?

If Scott King's friend did not cancel a prospecting trip, he would not have ventured to a new spot on his own where he found this rare gold coin. Mr King's change of plans had a silver — or gold — ...

COIN collectors or people who’ve inherited old change could be sitting on a small fortune. But as the rarest coins are all from before decimalisation – the switchover to the currency system we use now ...

A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds (US$1.31 million), making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared ...

A lucky Australian has literally struck gold by finding a precious rare coin thanks to a late change of plans on where to go on his regular hunts with a metal detector. Shane King was due to join a ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds, making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared ...