With Olympics fever set to reach fever pitch in the coming weeks with the Tokyo games starting, it could be time to check those piggy banks for rare coins. In the run-up to the 2012 London Olympics, The Royal Mint launched a range of 50p coins to celebrate the diverse events of the games – … Read more
The Royal Mint has begun the countdown to the 50th anniversary of ‘D-day’. Not the World War II beach landing, that was in 1944, but ‘decimalisation day’. On 15 February 1971, UK coinage was reorganised into the way we know today, with the old system of 12 pence in a shilling and 20 pence in … Read more
A Harry Potter first edition book which was going to be sold for 50p at a car boot sale is expected to fetch £50,000 at auction. Karen Rumsey, 59, was clearing out her home in Blackpool with daughter Charlotte, 28, when they found the Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone copy. It was one of … Read more
Fast food fans ordered up to 20 KFC chicken burgers each after glitch on chain’s ordering app reduced price from £4.50 to just 50p Error on KFC app cut cost of a chicken burger from £4.59 to just 50p on Monday Hungry customers took advantage by ordering up to 20 fillet and Zinger burgers ‘Eagle … Read more
The Royal Mint has started the countdown to Christmas by launching a new range of festive 50p coins featuring the characters from the iconic film The Snowman. It means the titular character from the 1982 movie and his friend James have found themselves on a Christmas coin for the third successive year, after the Mint … Read more
Winnie the Pooh follows Peter Rabbit and Paddington onto a 50p coin: Will collectors rush to the Hundred Acre Wood to buy it? The Royal Mint has announced the first of several 50p coins featuring the bear He will be joined by Christopher Robin and Piglet, and potentially others Four versions will be available with … Read more
‘Smart’ bricks costing as little as 50p each can store electricity just like batteries and could be used to power lighting in buildings Researchers found a way to use the material inside red bricks to store energy Red bricks are one of the cheapest and most commonly used building materials The team say it could … Read more
The rare 50p coins featuring Olympic swimmers that sell for £10,000 Some commemorative coins produced for the London 2012 Olympics are rare The original accidentally incorporated wavy lines obscuring the swimmer’s face Only 600 were released before the mistake was spotted and the coin re-minted By Toby Walne for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:30 … Read more
Youtube star LadBaby discovers he has ‘rare’ Battle of Hastings 50p – after one sold for £63,000 Mark Hoyle, 33, discovered the coin in his money bank after learning their worth He shared the discovery to Instagram claiming they had been sold for thousands 2016 Battle of Hastings coin is not considered rare with six … Read more
The Royal Mint has urged coin collectors to avoid paying huge sums for common coins on the basis of ‘farfetched’ reports, after a 2016 Battle of Hastings 50p reportedly sold for more than £63,000 online. The 50p was allegedly sold in mid-June after a 41-bid 10-day auction on eBay, and supposedly changed hands for around … Read more