Britain’s Royal Mint updates coinage portrait of Queen Elizabeth II
Production of the new coins began Monday, and they will appear in circulation later this year, the Royal Mint said. The new design depicts the Queen wearing the royal diamond…
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Gold Coins, at Bottom of Sea for Millennium, Go on Display
CAESAREA, Israel — Israel on Wednesday unveiled the largest collection of medieval gold coins ever found in the country, accidentally discovered by amateur divers and dating back about a thousand…
Divers stumble across Israel’s biggest ever discovery of gold coins
Their chance discovery a few weeks ago led to a trove of nearly 2,000 gold coins that had languished at the bottom of the sea for about 1,000 years, the…