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 ...

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… ...

At the time, a 3-shilling coin was the equivalent of 36 silver pennies, which had the purchasing power of about 2,000 British pounds ($2,670) in today's money, Mills said.

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 ...

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.

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. ...

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.

COIN collectors can use a free online calculator to work out how much old change is worth. Pre-decimal coins, such as shillings and sixpences, are no longer made and can’t be spent in stores … ...

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.

Then in 1969, a 50p coin was introduced to replace the 10-shilling note. The 50p coin was referred to as a 10-shilling coin at the time. On Monday 15 February 1971, the process was completed when ...

King's shilling: The 'lucky' George VI coin friend gave Colin Firth to help him win Oscar. By DAILY MAIL REPORTER Updated: 10:46 EDT, 4 March 2011 ...