If you've got a collection of old coins gathering dust in your loft, it might be worth giving them a once-over.

A PRIZED coin collection with some of the rarest examples of hammered gold in British history has sold for £1.1million. A Charles I piece from 1643 was the top item, going for £222,000.

Before you dismiss your spare change as insignificant, take a moment to check – you could be sitting on a fortune!

Prior to the start of the new year, the Royal Mint announced programs becoming available to collectors in 2025, with a wide ...

Inscriptions on Iron Age coins are the first evidence of writing in Britain.This gold stater coin was one of 5294 British Iron Age and Roman coins excavated at a Late Iron Age shrine near Hallaton ...

But there 'have' been moments in history when the world ... of Coins and Medals of the British Museum, holding one of these new coins. It's bright gold, it's almost exactly the size of a British ...

A rare £2 coin featuring a gorilla design has been snapped up on eBay for a whopping sum - and there's a simple way to check ...

This led the Reality Check team to wonder if it is in fact the least valuable British coin there has ever been. And that in turn led us to Queen Anne, who came to the British throne in 1702 ...

Over time, the gold content was reduced, especially under Henry VIII. The Sovereign was reintroduced in 1817 and is still used today, making it one of the longest-lasting coins in British history.

The face of Sponsian, who was purged from history by experts in the 19th century. Researchers have now established that he was a lost Roman emperor An ancient gold coin proves that a third century ...