However the discovery of the coin suggests the British also went to what is now British Colombia during Sir Fancis ... Canadian history turned on head after 435-year-old British shilling is found.

Here’s some inflation. A rare coin minted in colonial New England sold for $350,000 at auction Friday, even more than the auctioneer expected. The one-shilling coin was made in Boston in 1652… ...

VICTORIA, Canada (AFP) - An amateur treasure hunter with a hand-held metal detector has turned Canadian history on its head after finding a 16th century shilling buried in clay on the shores of ...

A shilling coin from 1652 that was made in Boston could be worth $300,000. ... a “Libertas Americana” bronze medal and several British hammered gold coins, Yahoo reported. ...

The shilling was the auctioneer’s cut and it still takes 5pc commission. Sovereigns They were first introduced in the 15th century as a coin very much aligned to the sovereign's image.

These include coins that haven’t been legal tender for many years such as a florin, or two-shilling piece, and thruppence, or three pence. The Coin Collecting Wizard said: “Ye old English ...

In pictures: old British coins. ... The florin, or "two shillings" or 'two-bob bit’, existed from 1848–1970 and continued post-decimalisation until 1993 with a value of ten decimal pence.

Retired security system specialist Bruce Campbell has found a coin that has revived a theory the Canadian pacific coast was not discovered in 1774 by the Spaniards, as officially thought, but in ...