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...Lots of investors buy gold sovereigns, sovereigns, the special coins, if you buy English monarchs, technically the legal tender, if you spend them, they’re only worth a pound....
...The highest denomination of Swedish currency in the 17th century, for example, was a two-foot-long copper bar weighing 43 pounds carried on peoples’ backs....
...The Royal Mint is cagey about exactly how much it costs to produce each coin but, in the US, which uses copper-plated zinc rather than the copper-plated steel from which British pennies are made, a cent...
...Ministers have abandoned plans to ditch copper coins and the £50 note, announcing on Saturday that both will be retained despite concerns over criminal use of large denomination notes....
...scams” that con customers out of hundreds of millions of pounds a year and should take a fairer approach to compensation, writes Kate Beioley....
...the debate on copper coins to an early end....
...evasion” and noted the poor value for money offered by copper coins....
...It transpires that the drive to cash in old “round pounds” led to a glut of copper coins entering the system. Sofas, jam jars and drawers across the land were scoured for shrapnel....
...Between the three of them, Heatherwick, Dixon and Smith have sold an idea of high-end British design to the world — from Dixon’s elegant sculptural S chair and globular copper pendant lights (a staple in...
...Partly prompted by the deadline to cash in the old “round pound” coins, I had a spring clean of the various coin dumping grounds within our home (stashed in drawers, piggy banks, behind the sofa, bags and...
...It minted its own coins in 2015 — golden “dinars”, silver “dirhams” and copper “fils”. But locals rarely saw the coins until about six months ago, when Isis began ordering their use....
...In pounds, silver has risen by a third. “Gold has done predictably well in the wake of Brexit,” says Capital Economics. “But the real star of the show has been silver.”...
...Gold was down $22 at $1,332 an ounce after hitting a two-year peak of $1,375 last week. For market updates and comment follow us on Twitter @FTMarkets...
...The coin was struck in error from a blank plated with nickel rather than copper and has been bought by a numismatic business....
...Millions of pounds of gold, jewels and cash. Bungling coppers....
...counterfeit coins, Roman hoards, Brixton pounds and Ming Dynasty Treasure notes from 4,500 years of history — are being put into service as tools for learning about finance....
...The surplus stood at 116.4 billion yen (676 million pounds), much less than the median forecast for a 305.0 billion yen surplus, finance ministry data showed....
...a default on US debt, shrugging off the possibility that the White House could use creative solutions – from invoking the 14th amendment of the constitution to minting a $1tn coin – to keep borrowing.”...
...Mr Gregson is more upbeat about prospects for miners of key industrial metals and ores, especially copper, iron ore and uranium....
...We have convinced ourselves that little seven-sided coins made out of a copper and nickel alloy (20p pieces) are money; that bits of paper are money; and that numbers on a computer screen are money....
...In keeping with the more optimistic theme many industrial commodities were firmer, with copper up 0.9 per cent to $3.70 a pound – though Brent crude fell 26 cents to $111.68 a barrel following news of a...
...Copper declined 1.5 per cent to $3.49 a pound, its cheapest since November, and Brent crude fell 0.7 per cent to $110.64 a barrel....
...The dollar index rose slightly as copper gained 0.5 per cent to $3.49 a pound. Gold prices edged lower to $1,724 an ounce....
...Commodities were mixed, with Brent crude down 1 per cent to $108.72 a barrel but copper rose 0.5 per cent to $3.66 a pound....
...Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis, 21, was caught allegedly attempting to detonate a fake 1,000-pound car bomb next to the bank, following a complex sting operation involving undercover agents....
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