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More cartoon coins as the Royal Mint celebrates 50 years of Mr Men… but you won’t be Mr Happy if you’re hoping for one in your change The three-piece collection will feature Little Miss Sunshine and Mr Strong too Six versions will be available from £13 all the way up to £2,375 for a 1oz … Read more
By Reuters 2021 Jan. 29: Musk adds ‘#bitcoin’ to his Twitter bio, leading to a 14% surge in the price of the largest cryptocurrency. The billionaire has since taken the tag off. In January, total market value of all cryptocurrencies reached more than $1 trillion for the first time. Feb. 1: In a chat on … Read more
The Royal Mint has begun the countdown to the 50th anniversary of ‘D-day’. Not the World War II beach landing, that was in 1944, but ‘decimalisation day’. On 15 February 1971, UK coinage was reorganised into the way we know today, with the old system of 12 pence in a shilling and 20 pence in … Read more
Coins marking Queen’s 95th birthday and the 50th anniversary of Decimal Day are among those unveiled for 2021 by the Royal Mint New special coin released to celebrate the Queen’s birthday uses phrase from her first televised address Her Majesty told the British public in address in 1957 that she would reign with ‘my heart … Read more
A birdwatcher has stumbled across a hoard of 2,000-year-old Celtic gold coins worth £800,000 that date back to the time Boudicca was at war with the Romans. The keen metal detectorist, who has not been named, spotted a glint of gold while looking at a buzzard in a recently ploughed field in eastern England. Having … Read more
Coronavirus lockdown measures led to a spike in back-garden archaeological discoveries, including 15th century gold coins, the British Museum revealed. More than 47,000 discoveries were registered with the British Museum’s Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) so far this year – many from garden-based discoveries. In the first lockdown alone – starting in March – the scheme … Read more
Now that’s a Space Oddity! Royal Mint launches coins celebrating David Bowie by sending one of them into orbit… and now you could win it in social media contest David Bowie coins are being sold as part of Royal Mint’s music legends collection One of the coins celebrating the Space Oddity singer was launched into … Read more
Thanks for the input, Lily! Allen sings foul-mouthed ‘F**k you Tier Two’ song in response to new government restrictions in London By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 13:40 BST, 15 October 2020 | Updated: 13:41 BST, 15 October 2020 Lily Allen joined the rest of London in lamenting the capital’s move into the government’s second … Read more
The Royal Mint is set to go more than a decade without producing any new 2p or £2 coins after cash usage slumped over the last 10 years and the country handed back its old change, an official report claims. Figures published in a National Audit Office report into Britain’s cash usage found the number … Read more
The Royal Mint is set to go more than a decade without producing any new 2p or £2 coins after cash usage slumped over the last 10 years and the country handed back its old change, an official report claims. In March, the Royal Mint was sitting on 26 times as many £2 coins as it … Read more