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A rare Paddington Bear Tower of London 50p coin has sold on eBay for £300. The 50p – which has an engraving of the children’s character standing in front of the London landmark – was first released less than a year ago, in August 2019. The rare coin sold for …

A rare ‘silver’ two pence coin struck in error by the Royal Mint has sold for £485 – 24,250 times its face value. The seller, from Granton, Edinburgh, posted the silver-coloured coin on online marketplace Gumtree with the lofty asking price. It was sold this morning (January 3) to a …

The Royal Mint has revealed a set of new coins which will be released this year. The coins are expected to be a big hit with collectors, especially a new Olympic 50p. It features different sporting equipment, including a pair of boxing gloves, a basketball, a bicycle and some rowing …

Mobile phone users should be on their guard for a text message scam using the Royal Mail name as a front. A number of vigilant people have taken to social media to report the receipt of texts informing them that they have items awaiting collection. According to the Mirror, everything …

Michael Bond’s most famous literary creation, Paddington Bear, was well-known for piercing suspicious characters with his hard stare. And that may well have been his response to the news that a ‘Paddington Bear at the Tower of London’ 50p coin sold for £300 on eBay. The 2019-minted coin is part …

World-famous aerobatic display team the Red Arrows could be scrapped in a bid to cut millions from the defence budget. The team, a global ambassador for the RAF and the UK, may have to go as the next Government looks at balancing the books, according to The Mirror . The …

The Royal Mint is getting in on the Black Friday action with a half-price sale on Peter Rabbit coins. The coin -aker has cut the price of its Flopsy Bunny 2018 and Peter Rabbit 2010 pieces. Both of the 50p pieces are on now on sale for £30, reduced from …

The Royal Mint has unveiled a new £5,000 coin – the largest ever made – weighing in it five kilos. Just one of the exclusive coins has been made but it has already been sold for an undisclosed amount. It is part of a new “Great Engravers” series, that celebrates artists …

The Royal Mail is bidding to block potential strikes by postal workers in the run-up to Christmas because of alleged ballot “irregularities.” The company is taking High Court action against the Communication Workers Union over planned walkouts after claiming it possessed evidence that workers’ ballots were ‘unlawful.’ Strike action was …

The Royal Mint has released a new coin to mark 100 years of Remembrance. World War One officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Versailles on June 28, 1919 and the first Armistice Day – later to become Remembrance Day – was held in the grounds of Buckingham …