The 435-year-old coin, discovered in western-most Canada, has rekindled a theory that a British explorer made a secret voyage here two centuries before it was discovered by Spanish sailors.

He said a poor grade six pence can be worth £30, while you'd have to image what one in mint condition could sell. The 1952 six pence is a British coin featuring King George VI and is made of ...

Historically, the sixpence coin, valued at six pre-decimal pennies, was first minted in silver during Edward VI's reign in 1551, only transitioning to cupro-nickel post-1947.

"It's the holy grail of six pence coin collecting, these continued to be legal tender for a while after the currency became decimal in 1971. But are now long from UK change, however collectors are ...

The 1952 six pence, dubbed the "holy grail" of rare coin collecting by TikTok user @CoinCollectingWizard, has reportedly millions in circulation and is a must-watch for collectors.

Nigel Mills, a consultant in coins and antiquities at specialist auction house Noonans, in London, said: "The Dritanniar sixpence of 1878 is a well-known rarity which were shipped to Cyprus." ...

Sara Rivers Cofield, Keeping a Crooked Sixpence: Coin Magic and Religion in the Colonial Chesapeake, Historical Archaeology, Vol. 48, No. 3, MANIFESTATIONS OF MAGIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL ...