In a nation where money is counted in pounds and pence, the measure of coins is given great weight — and a lavish ceremony.

Downing Street said 1p and 2p coins are not being phased out in the UK after Donald Trump ordered an end to minting one cent coins. The US president said he had told the Treasury Department to stop ...

Check your change and down the back of the sofa after a rare 50p coin sold for 250 times its value on eBay this week ...

We are all being encouraged to check our change after a rare 20p coin sold for 485 times its face value this week. The 20p piece is a “mule” coin dating from 2008 and was minted without a date on the ...

One mistake made for the first time in 300 years caused 250,000 "mule" coins to become a collectors item, with the mistake ...

Rare coin specialists are highlighting the value ... to wartime sacrifice and economic strategy." During the war, the British government issued bonds to raise funds, with many US investors buying ...

Peter Rabbit and Flopsy Bunny coins from the Beatrix Potter collection are known to be among the rarest 50p coins in circulation in the UK. The 50 pence piece ... of any British coin, and allows ...

Brits have been urged to look out for a 'fine specimen' of a coin that is now worth tens of thousands of pounds. The 1917 George V Gold Sovereign is considered to be one of the rarest British ...

The 44 gold coins bearing the inscription of AD40 British Celtic King Cunobelin were discovered in Bunnik, near Utrecht, by amateur archaeologists. The “stater” coins were found at less than ...