Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more
Ultra-rare gold coin from King Edward VIII’s short-lived reign sells for a world record £1.65million The coin with the controversial monarch’s bust was never put into circulation The trial coin sparked a bidding war when it went under the hammer in Dallas Previous record for most expensive British coin sold was for a king William … Read more
Elon Musk crowns himself as ‘Technoking of Tesla’ in new regulatory filing and dubs his CFO the ‘Master of Coin’ Cryptic SEC filing on Monday grants new titles to CEO Elon Musk and his CFO Musk will now be ‘Technoking’ and CFO Zachary Kirkhorn is ‘Master of Coin’ The filing provided no explanation and did not … Read more
They’re finally here, Samsung’s very early 2021 bets for the rat race known as the smartphone market. And as with any new Samsung flagship, especially with the expensive ones, the question has always been “why”. For the past year or two, that question has been repeated for each and every variant of the Galaxy S … Read more
HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
HG Wells fans have slammed a special-issue Royal Mint coin commemorating the science fiction novelist after his iconic tripod war machines were illustrated with an additional leg. Eagle-eyed readers questioned how the new £2 coin, which marks the 75th anniversary of the writers’ death and is inspired by The War of the Worlds and The … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago. The copper coin, which was found at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm). Researchers … Read more
Bitcoin on track for its longest monthly winning streak in more than a year as price edges closer to $30,000 Bitcoin rose to an all-time high above $28,000 over the Christmas weekend It is on track for its longest monthly winning streak since the middle of 2019 The price of bitcoin has more than tripled … Read more
Gold coin of Oliver Cromwell struck in 1656 is to be auctioned for an estimated £150,000 50 shilling piece showing a side-portrait of the Lord Protector was struck in 1656 On the reverse is a crowned shield and both sides have Latin on the edges Coin is believed to be one of only 12 in … Read more