A Victorian silver coin uncovered by a detectorist turned out to be something of "a rarity" when the eagle-eyed finder spotted a spelling error on it. The sixpence ...
Historical Archaeology, Vol. 48, No. 3, MANIFESTATIONS OF MAGIC: THE ARCHAEOLOGY AND MATERIAL CULTURE OF FOLK RELIGION (2014), pp. 84-105 (22 pages) This article explores the probability that a silver ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Margaret Thatcher resolved to go ahead with the abolition of the sixpence in 1980 in spite of being braced for ...
A rare sixpence coin from 1952 has sparked excitement among collectors and social media users alike. Hailed as the "holy grail" of sixpence coins by TikTok aficionado @CoinCollectingWizard, this coin ...
The TikTok user, who goes by the name @CoinCollectingWizard, revealed the "holy grail" coin everyone should be on the lookout for - and it's worth dozens more than face value. A rare coin is causing a ...