The Cope Collection of Roman and British coins includes rare and significant examples that bear witness to some of the most significant moments in British history. In May, and again in October, the ...

The portrait of King Charles III that will feature on British coins has been unveiled by the Royal Mint, the official maker of UK coins. The image, which will first appear on commemorative 5 and 50 ...

Some of the rarest coins have sold for millions at major auctions, and according to Heritage Auctions, its August American Numismatic Association events alone brought in more than $68 million. Even ...

There are 29 billion British coins in circulation with Queen Elizabeth II’s face on them. Since she first appeared on the coins, a year after her ascension in 1952, the Royal Mint has used five ...

Britain's Royal Mint is celebrating Freddie Mercury with a new coin design that marks 40 years since his iconic 1985 Live Aid concert performance.

With many of us now using debit and credit cards for payments, it's likely that your loose change is getting tossed aside. But one specialist has now urged the public to keep an eye out for three rare ...

The first British coins featuring Charles III will enter into circulation before the end of the year, announced the Royal Mint in a statement. The portrait for the 50-pence coin, which Charles himself ...

An excavation at Reynard's Kitchen Cave in the UK unearthed 26 coins from the Iron Age and Roman period. Digging through a cave in central Britain, archaeologists uncovered 26 ancient gold and silver ...

People from ethnic minority backgrounds could feature on British notes and coins for the first time in a bid to make British currency more inclusive. British Chancellor Rishi Sunak is understood to be ...

A Brazilian conceptual artist swapped a historic British coin for a fake in the British Museum to highlight the large number of foreign objects it holds. Ile Sartuzi said the idea came to him when he ...