British Postal Order. King George V. Issuing office of Inglewood, New Zealand. 20 Shillings. Stamped 8 October 1918 and addressed to Lance Corporal Urban Broadmore, who died on 29 September 1918, just a few weeks before the end of World War I. No other examples of such a high denomination...

A gold coin dismissed by others as a likely replica and sold at public auction for just above $200 NZD of its supposed scrap metal value has now been confirmed to be a genuine Ancient Roman artifact issued during the reign of Tiberius Caesar nearly two millennia ago.    ...

The 1897 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria marked an unprecedented milestone—sixty years of continuous reign, the longest by any British monarch at the time.   To commemorate this historic occasion, Spink & Son, already renowned as one of London’s premier medalists and numismatic firms, issued a series of medals, including...