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A Mr Men and Little Miss superfan has become the first person to own a new coin from the Royal Mint celebrating 50 years of the beloved children’s book series. Michelle Martinez, 48, who owns more than 2,000 items of Mr Men memorabilia, said she “instantly fell in love” with …

One of Britain’s most influential historical women is to be celebrated with a new commemorative coin collection from the Royal Mint. Mary Anning was a fossil-hunter and palaeontologist whose huge discoveries were often overlooked by male-dominated 19th Century scientific communities. Mary was born in Lyme Regis, Dorset, in 1799 and …

A postcard sent by a D-Day hero to his family back in 1943 has finally made it to its destination. Almost 78 years since Bill Caldwell, then 18, sent the postcard to his uncle Fred, the note made it to Fred’s house. Unfortunately neither Fred nor Bill lived to see …

A rare two-pence coin has become very sought-after by collectors. The coin first entered circulation in 1989 and has been selling among collectors for more than a decade. It’s considered ‘valuable’ because it was the product of an error, The Mirror reports. This is because it was struck onto the …

The Royal Mint has today posted the mintage figures for the calendar year of 2019, providing the only official guide to the rarest coins in circulation. Generally speaking, the rarer a coin is the more valuable it is and the more a collector will pay for it – with the …

New 50p coins have been launched by Royal Mint to celebrate the anniversary of Decimal Day. The commemorative coins mark 50 years since the decimal currency system was formally adopted on February 15, 1971, evolving from pounds, shillings and pence. The transition to decimalisation took years of planning and also …

The Royal Mail has suspended mail deliveries to Europe after a travel ban brought in following the discovery of a mutant coronavirus strain. Countries around the world have shut their borders to travellers from the UK because of concerns over the more infectious variant of the virus. The postal service …

Searches for ‘charity Christmas cards’ are set to reach a 16-year peak with people wanting to help deserving causes that have had funding decimated by the pandemic. Data by charity Classrooms For Malawi has revealed online searches have soared by 144 per cent in the past 11 months as people …

Nearly seven in 10 shoppers had problems with Christmas deliveries last year, according to a survey from Which? Parcels lobbed over fences and allegations of fake signatures were among the issues highlighted in the consumer group’s survey of more than 2,000 people. Some 69% of people surveyed said they had …

With Christmas fast approaching many shoppers have taken to ordering their presents online. Customers are being urged to watch out for a delivery scam targeting DPD and Royal Mail users. Hertfordshire Constabulary has issued a warning about several scam texts and emails that appear to be from the delivery services. …