At that time, a half crown made for a sizable gift: eight of them made up one pound. The half crown was a coin in our old ...

The British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme A shilling found in the field shows a portrait of Charles I At a hearing in Cockermouth to determine the status of the coins, Coroner Ms Taylor ...

A collection of shillings amassed by a gatherer from West Sussex is expected to sell for £50,000 at auction. It features 350 coins, many of then considered to be rare, dating from 1549 to the 1970s.

Two coins — a shilling and a threepence — displayed ... “I have received a report from the British Museum, who have confirmed that the coins are post-medieval, dating from between 1574 ...

South Africa followed in 1961 when it adopted the rand, Australia in 1966, New Zealand in 1967 and British colonies ... The two-shilling coin was known as a florin, the currency of the Netherlands ...

Two of the coins — a shilling and a threepence — display ... below the ground in rough grazing land in the Ravenstonedale parish. The British Museum confirmed them to be post-medieval and ...