Rare British coin with surprising animal sold for £204,000 - have you got it at home?
Despite its beauty, it's thought that no more than a few hundred 'Una and the Lion' coins were struck at the time. This is ...
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One of your old 1p coins could be worth £600 - but there's a catch
Brits have been advised to check their penny jars after an old penny from the reign of Queen Victoria was found to be worth thousands more than its original value. The 1893 penny might appear to ...
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Coins spanning a century found in pub renovation
He said: "The Queen Victoria Penny - late 1800s - is the oldest and all the other coins running through to 1971... so the history of the occupants of the building." The coins were discovered ...
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Scene from a Passage to India
Suddenly, penny-pinching to reduce taxes ... royal control of India through a viceroy received Victoria's signature on August 2, 1858, the Queen writing to Canning (who became viceroy, with ...
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How Queen Victoria Invented Christmas As We Know It
The practice of sending Christmas cards was turbocharged by the advent of the penny post ... Charles' great-great-great-grandmother, Victoria, the queen of Christmas past, present and, most ...