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Two silver coins featuring the head of Mary, Queen of Scots which would have been in circulation during her reign are coming up for sale. The first coin dates from 1553 when Mary was just ten or ...
A London-area auction house sold one of Britain’s rarest coins on Wednesday, a coveted Queen Anne “Vigo” 5-guinea gold piece. With an auction price of £225,000, or about $279,000 ...
A rare coin expert has advised people to be on the ... After overseeing the new coinage for the accession of Queen Anne in 1702 he went on to supervise the process of bringing Scottish coinage ...
The coin, which entered circulation in 2008, features the same 20p design that we are all familiar with, showing the the Lion Rampant of Scotland and the Lions Passants of England. Queen Elizabeth ...
But his latest discovery on the island - a Mary, Queen of Scots coin - is just as extraordinary as the long lost wedding ring for the crofter. A 16th century coin from the period when Mary Queen ...