800-year-old coin minted by Henry III

[Euan]

800-year-old coin minted by Henry III but then scrapped when blundering officials realised it was worth more as gold than its face value is expected to make £500,000 at auctionClick Here

[dig-it-pete]

Wow what a fantastic coin - some more facts about the coin here for those who are interested - http://www.coinandbullionpages.com/engl ... penny.html

They were all minted at the London mint by Willem of Gloucester who was the Kings goldsmith.

Thanks for the link Euan

[Rich-t]

deffo a bit better than the normal voided that pop's out!

[Tony Miller]

many thanks for posting.