Despite its beauty, it's thought that no more than a few hundred 'Una and the Lion' coins were struck at the time. This is one reason why they are exceptionally valuable, with such a coin ...

One particular British coin may make you wish you hadn't, with the potential to fetch a hefty sum. Such a remarkable coin is none other than the 1933 George V penny.

A misprinted 1983 2p coin with 'New Pence' instead of 'Two Pence' can get you £500 to £700. Plus, some £2 coins celebrating the Olympics have fetched up to £1,558 and £1,478 on the market ...

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. It was ...

A Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign objects it holds. Skip to main content.

He asked for an English Civil War-era silver coin because “It is one of the few British things in the British Museum” and then created a diversion while he swapped it for the fake. Mr. Sartuzi told ...