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A curious Edward I-II farthing

Phil Clark said he found this coin last weekend. It is hammered silver dating to the Edward I-II period and

I’ve heard of all sorts of things being found in queer places and the one pictured here is a good

Marcel Mitchel sent these images in. He said that he couldn’t determine if the coin pictured here was authentic or

These two coins, which were sent in by Mike Ruczynski, aren’t detecting finds. Instead, they came from what his wife

The first pair of images is of a Commonwealth shilling, which was found some months back by Stephen Palmer. Shillings

I’ve heard of coins being found in all sorts of places, which include the ground, soil in a plant pot,

On 6 July 1189 Henry Plantagenet, King Henry II of England, died at Chinon in France. After his many achievements,

Looking back at 2022: Covid At the start of 2022 Covid was still rampant and in March, after attending a

Badly worn or corroded copper and bronze coins are often consigned to the ‘grot box’. Silver coins, even those in