Coin collecting, or numismatics (a term that also includes the study of coins), has been a practice for at least 2,000 years, ...

The coin is an example of the first half sovereigns issued during the reign of Queen Victoria. Richard Winterton Auctioneers said the coin bears the first and smallest portrait of the young queen ...

A rare Queen Victoria coin, described as the 'finest example' of its type, is tipped to sell for £600,000. The 1839 gold 'Victoria Una and the Lion' five pound coin shows the 20-year-old monarch ...

2019 marks 200 years since Queen Victoria's birth, and to celebrate the occasion The Royal Mint has unveiled a unique new collection in honour of the legendary monarch. The historic coin ...

An extremely rare and valuable Australian coin featuring a 'sour' looking Queen Victoria will go on show for the public in Melbourne these Easter holidays. The five pound coin, also known as a ...

open image in gallery The menu for the lunch served to Queen Victoria in 1890 (Waddesdon Manor Library) Indeed, so satisfied was Queen Victoria that she sent her own chef to learn techniques from ...

There's a new five pound coin to celebrate the 200th anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth. On one side of the new coin there's a young version of Queen Victoria as well as inventions from ...

A special new £5 coin will be launched to celebrate 200 years since Queen Victoria's birth, the Royal Mint has announced. Having inherited the throne just one month after her eighteenth birthday ...

The gold coin also features a double portrait of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Yet the simpler version may be worth more than its original price online. An earlier commemorative coin ...

The coronation coin depicting Queen Victoria as a fairy guiding a lion was the first to present a monarch as a fictional character and only 100 were made. Queen Victoria’s coronation in 1837.