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HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
Bitcoin on track for its longest monthly winning streak in more than a year as price edges closer to $30,000 Bitcoin rose to an all-time high above $28,000 over the Christmas weekend It is on track for its longest monthly winning streak since the middle of 2019 The price of bitcoin has more than tripled … Read more
Gold coin of Oliver Cromwell struck in 1656 is to be auctioned for an estimated £150,000 50 shilling piece showing a side-portrait of the Lord Protector was struck in 1656 On the reverse is a crowned shield and both sides have Latin on the edges Coin is believed to be one of only 12 in … Read more
The Royal Mint has started the countdown to Christmas by launching a new range of festive 50p coins featuring the characters from the iconic film The Snowman. It means the titular character from the 1982 movie and his friend James have found themselves on a Christmas coin for the third successive year, after the Mint … Read more
He won four gold medals for the UK at the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympics. And Mo Farah proved he was more suited to sports than geography as he struggled to find Wales on a map during Monday’s I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here. The athlete, 37, joined Giovanna Fletcher to take on … Read more
Victoria Derbyshire and Hollie Arnold were drenched in pink goo, as they read fairy tales to each other during the Castle Coin Challenge on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta here. On Thursday’s episode, the broadcast journalist, 52, and the Paralympian, 26, ventured into the fairy tale garden on the Gwrych Castle grounds. Once they arrived, … Read more
Neanderthals could grasp a hammer but would have struggled to pick up a coin because the joints in their thumbs made precision grips more challenging than ‘power squeezes’ By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 The thumbs of Neanderthals would have meant they could … Read more
Enthusiasm from institutional investors, investment banks and payment companies and continued money printing by central banks means the price of bitcoin is close to its all-time high. The cryptocurrency has seen its price surge 52 per cent since the start of September and currently sits at a three-year high of more than $18,000, or £13,600. … Read more
Wallis’s lucky charm: US silver dollar coin that the Duchess of Windsor carried in her handbag to bring her good fortune set to fetch £1,000 when it is sold at auction next week A silver dollar coin carried by Wallis Simpson as a good luck charm is to be sold The 1.5in piece is expected … Read more