The coin, issued in 2008, features an image of Briggs' characters the Snowman and James from his 1978 children's book The ...

A group of experts consider the accessories from the past 100 years that changed how we carry our things — and ourselves.

A HISTORIC hammered silver James V Scottish groat is being sold on eBay for £975. The item, which is listed on the online marketplace, features James V who was the King of Scotland from 1513 until his ...

Bill Carlisle managed four solo robberies (three in a few months) in his extensive life of crime without injuring anyone. The ...

LIX, BCE. The Roman LIX translates into 59 in Arabic, soon to proclaimed “American Numerals” by Trumpius Maximus, newly ...

Here, a silver star marks the very spot where ... “In Bethlehem there is shown the cave where [Jesus] was born.” Early in the fourth century, the emperor Constantine sent an imperial ...

The big day is close as Apple has teased the arrival of a brand new device coming out tomorrow. Christmas, or rather Apple's ...

After the decline of Roman power in Britain from the fifth century AD, the silver penny eventually ... was used on all the decimal coins from 1968. The next effigy was by Raphael Maklouf FRSA and was ...

A stash of rare medieval coins have been discovered by metal detectorists in the Scottish Borders. Keith Young and Lisa ...

such as a silver coin minted during the reign of James I, who was king of Sicily from 1285 to 1295, and even a coin from Serbia. The "deposition of the hoard occurred sometime during or after 1438 ...