A man named Parker Reed has uploaded an hour-long video of a coin rolling on a treadmill. You're skeptical. It's okay. I was too. But then I started watching, and I haven't yet been able to stop. You won't be either. Read More >>
Featured comment by gergy008:
"The ones at the gym at my school were completely flat, so I am assuming the same, that still doesn't explain why the coin doesn't slowly start to roll..." More »
Check your change folks. Apparently the Royal Mint's been firing out some fancy new commemorative £2 coins via London Tube stations, celebrating 150 years of the London Underground. The first load has been given to select tube stations for doling out in change, before a wide release later this year. Read More >>
Featured comment by lsb143:
"I actually have an undated 20p. Got it from a laddie in my school when I bought him food at break time (we use smart cards in school) I noticed and in..." More »
Thirty years ago, a farmer found a few Iron Age silver coins while working on his land in Jersey. Now, after combing the soil with metal detectors for three decades, two treasure hunters have found a hoard of silver and gold coins, the biggest of its kind, valued at £10 million. Read More >>
I'm not sure if everyone is aware of the Coinage Act 1971, but due to a recent case of a disgruntled man getting into a spot of trouble for paying an £800 quid debt in coppers, I think we should all take note. Read More >>
Totally making up for the utterly annoying one and two dollar coins, the Royal Canadian Mint has created a series of limited edition glow-in-the-dark quarters featuring the likenesses of dinosaurs discovered in the country's western provinces. Read More >>
Featured comment by Darrell Jones:
"Well they've always had the Queen (or King) on the front so it shouldn't surprise anyone if they decided on a different bunch of dinosaurs for the oth..." More »
I’m still not quite sure why everyone’s so overly jubilant about the anniversary of a disaster, but it seems the world has gone Titanic crazy, including the Royal Mint. It’s pumped out a fancy looking commemorative £5 coin to mark the occasion, which you can buy for a whole £82.50, plus shipping of course. Read More >>
Featured comment by royalmint:
"Thanks for the review! Happy to hear you like the design. The Royal Mint put a lot of effort into ensuring everything we do is befitting of an organis..." More »
Sure, the penny CGP Grey is talking about might be the American one cent coin, but the same goes for our pretty much useless 1p coin. When was the last time you saw a vending machine take less than a 5p coin? And all those crummy £0.99 sales tactics -- that's £1 whichever way you carve it up -- who cares about that 1p you're potentially saving? Read More >>
I don't know how this guy managed to build a 3,118 coin coin tower on top of a single coin on the corner of a table but boy did he do it. It took him seven hours, over $200 (£125) in change plus some presumably insane weed smoking to pull it off. Read More >>
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