The features are indistinguishable but he is unmistakeably a king – a very special one: Alfred, the only English king to be called “the Great” and the monarch who first unified production of the ...

COIN collectors or people who’ve inherited old change could be sitting on a small fortune. But as the rarest coins are all from before decimalisation – the switchover to the currency system we use now ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds, making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared ...

A 2000 gold £5 Quintuple Sovereign has sold on eBay for more than £4,000. The coin was sold to the highest bidder for £4,286.70, including £86.70 for buyer protection. It is described by the seller as ...

Someone has bought a rare coin featuring Edward VIII for £1m, making it the most expensive British sovereign ever sold. It was snapped up by a private buyer in the UK after being located by the Royal ...

A rare 1937 Edward VIII sovereign coin has been bought by a private collector for 1 million pounds (US$1.31 million), making it the most expensive British coin ever. The coin was one of six prepared ...

If Scott King's friend did not cancel a prospecting trip, he would not have ventured to a new spot on his own where he found this rare gold coin. Mr King's change of plans had a silver — or gold — ...

Designed by Jody Clark, who was also behind the fifth and final coin portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, the portrait shows Their Majesties both facing left. The reverse of the coin features the official ...

A rare coin featuring the Queen's uncle before he abdicated has been sold for £1m, setting a new record for the sale of a British coin. The Edward VIII sovereign was bought by a private buyer in the ...

An "extremely rare" 200-year-old gold sovereign is being sold by the Royal Mint for £100,000 - but collectors will hope their luck is in. The Royal Mint says the George III sovereign was one of 3,574 ...

Someone has bought a rare coin featuring Edward VIII for £1m, making it the most expensive British sovereign ever sold. It was snapped up by a private buyer in the UK after being located by the Royal ...