Owning a penny collection can prove to be a lucrative hobby, with some coins selling for more than their face value. Whether it's the "ultra-rare" Kew Gardens 50p or a King Charles piece dubbed ...

Since the government first started to circulate pennies, it has minted more than 300 billion, and today, we have about 150 billion in circulation. You could circle the Earth with them 137 times.

When I learned that the British government, on New Year’s Eve, had lodged an appeal of the ruling in favour of establishing a ...

Dennis Potter was one of the most controversial British screenwriters of all time, often criticised for one misanthropic film that was later banned.

One penny coins were back in production last year after none were minted for general circulation in the previous two years, Royal Mint figures show. Covid lockdowns meant that many coins were ...

The 150cm (5ft) x 100cm (3ft) mosaics are made from British pennies and US cents Portraits of comedy legends Laurel and Hardy have been made using just coins. The mosaics were created to mark the ...

Pubs make “pennies” from beer sales as new figures predict 300m pints could be sold across the sector in December, pouring £3.3bn into the economy. According to data from the British Beer & Pub ...