Elon Musk crowns himself as ‘Technoking of Tesla’ in new regulatory filing and dubs his CFO the ‘Master of Coin’ Cryptic SEC filing on Monday grants new titles to CEO Elon Musk and his CFO Musk will now be ‘Technoking’ and CFO Zachary Kirkhorn is ‘Master of Coin’ The filing provided no explanation and did not … Read more
HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
Bitcoin on track for its longest monthly winning streak in more than a year as price edges closer to $30,000 Bitcoin rose to an all-time high above $28,000 over the Christmas weekend It is on track for its longest monthly winning streak since the middle of 2019 The price of bitcoin has more than tripled … Read more
Gold coin of Oliver Cromwell struck in 1656 is to be auctioned for an estimated £150,000 50 shilling piece showing a side-portrait of the Lord Protector was struck in 1656 On the reverse is a crowned shield and both sides have Latin on the edges Coin is believed to be one of only 12 in … Read more
Police raided German jewellers with links to the hip-hop scene yesterday amid fears a rare 220lb gold coin which was stolen from a museum could have been processed into medallions for rappers. The ‘Big Maple Leaf’, considered the second largest coin in the world and worth £3.3million, has not been found since it vanished from … 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
Victoria Derbyshire and Hollie Arnold were drenched in pink goo, as they read fairy tales to each other during the Castle Coin Challenge on I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Outta here. On Thursday’s episode, the broadcast journalist, 52, and the Paralympian, 26, ventured into the fairy tale garden on the Gwrych Castle grounds. Once they arrived, … Read more
Neanderthals could grasp a hammer but would have struggled to pick up a coin because the joints in their thumbs made precision grips more challenging than ‘power squeezes’ By Ian Randall For Mailonline Published: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 | Updated: 16:29 GMT, 26 November 2020 The thumbs of Neanderthals would have meant they could … Read more
Enthusiasm from institutional investors, investment banks and payment companies and continued money printing by central banks means the price of bitcoin is close to its all-time high. The cryptocurrency has seen its price surge 52 per cent since the start of September and currently sits at a three-year high of more than $18,000, or £13,600. … Read more