In the 17th and 18th Century there was a shortage of small change in the form of copper Halfpennies and Farthings. It was believed by the ruling elite that coinage should only be stuck in silver and gold and...
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In January 2009 it came to light that a number of the new style 20p coins were minted without a date . This came about as the Royal Mint issued 2 different varieties of the 20p in 2008 . The first type had the...
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