A 167-year-old letter sent from Whanganui will go under the hammer this month. The letter, dated October 1857 from Reverend ...

One of Mexico's most iconic artifacts — the Aztec Calendar Stone — is depicted on the country's coins. The giant stone ... of scientific research. In 1856, scientists began studying a skeleton ...

AD: Dometian becomes Emperor of the Roman Empire upon the death of his brother Titus. 1662: The Netherlands and England ...

With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...

A coin issued by Gaius Caesar - also known as Caligula - decorated with a portrait of the Empress Agrippina and dated to A.D.

An inquest at Cockermouth Coroners' Court on Thursday heard the pennies have now been formally classified as 'treasure' by a ...

In the video, a female voice said: "Finding an old UK silver coin, what a beauty!" Showing the 1922 British Three Pence, she added: "Want to know what old silver coins are rare and valuable?" ...

The Royal Mint, the official maker of British coins, has not recycled or melted down surplus coins since it closed its smelting facility more than a decade ago. Unlike the Bank of England ...

Its 27.5mm diameter makes it the largest of any British coin, and allows space for decorative pictures. It has often been used to celebrate big events over the past 50 years of British history.