Because the first British settlement in Australia was a penal colony, there wasn’t much need for coins or currency. As The ...

The current system of international reserves has provided stability for decades, but its undue reliance on a small number of ...

Trump’s tariffs have made the world of international trade much more difficult, writes Chris Blackhurst. But there are many ...

A "rare" 2p coin is being sold for thousands of pounds in Ipswich. The 2p coin was introduced in the United Kingdom on February 15, 1971, with the creation of a new decimal currency system. To avoid ...

A 20-year-old digital designer has taken his Roblox worldbuilding into the real world by founding a self-declared country.

One of the 2p coins is being sold on eBay for £2,045.66 or a best offer for the coin. The Ipswich-based seller said: "A sought-after item for coin collectors, this particular coin holds historical and ...

The evolution of reserve assets globally is a mirror image of the evolution of the world economy. Gold has been substituted by the US dollar and other fiat currencies, which have in turn been ...

As is true of autocracies everywhere”, wrote David Remnick last April, “this Administration demands a mystical view of an ...

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For decades, the striking chime of the clock echoed through the city every hour, mesmerising the citizens in all eight ...

It’s a funny old world when it appears that Margaret Thatcher had a greater sense of individual liberty than Keir Starmer, writes Alan Rusbridger, who reflects on the government’s decision to burden t ...

Volunteer medical staff on the ground in the conflict zone recount horrific injuries and a civilian population trapped ...