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.

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 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 ...

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 ...