Photo from the Japan Mint A company in Japan found thousands of “phantom” coins, believed to have been destroyed after World War II, in a warehouse. Photos show the rare ceramic currency.

foreign coins are actually worth something, especially if they are British pounds. Luckily, London-based South African entrepreneurs, Jeff Paterson and Oliver Du Toit, have solved this global dilemma, ...

BRITAIN last week took the first step in a three-year conversion of its currency to the decimal system by introducing the first two new coins, the 5-new-pence piece and the 10-new-pence piece.