{"id":293,"date":"2014-01-27T15:02:30","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T15:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.dev\/2014\/01\/27\/coin-collection-sells-for-28000\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T11:36:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T11:36:22","slug":"coin-collection-sells-for-28000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ukbullion.com\/blog\/coin-collection-sells-for-28000\/","title":{"rendered":"Coin collection sells for \u00a328,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ukbullion.com\/gold\/buy-gold-coins.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Gold Bullion Coins\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A Gold \u00a35 Coin with a likeness of Queen Victoria\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ukbullion.com\/media\/wysiwyg\/blog-images\/Roman-British-Coins.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>A collection of Roman, British and Islamic coins have recently sold at auction, netting its owners \u00a328,000.<\/p>\n<p>The assorted coins, numbering 200 in total and dating from 161AD, included a British Gold \u00a35 coin from 1887 which sold for \u00a31,400, and a Roman coin from Marcus Aurelius&rsquo;s reign between 161 to 180AD.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the Roman coins in the collection show signs of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.historyhouse.co.uk\/articles\/coin_clipping.html\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>coin clipping<\/strong><\/a>, something which was once considered as treason under English and British law and punishable by death.<\/p>\n<p>Measures to counteract coin clipping began under the reign of Charles II (1660 &#8211; 1685AD) with the phrase &ldquo;Decus et Tutamen&rdquo; (translated: An ornament and a safeguard) around the edges of all coins. This is still minted around the circumference of many \u00a31 coins today.<\/p>\n<p><small>News source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-england-sussex-25881877\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>bbc.co.uk<\/strong><\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A collection of Roman, British and Islamic coins have recently sold at auction, netting its owners \u00a328,000. The assorted coins, numbering 200 in total and dating from 161AD, included a British Gold \u00a35 coin from 1887 which sold for \u00a31,400, and a Roman coin from Marcus Aurelius&rsquo;s reign between 161 to 180AD. Many of the Roman coins in the collection show signs of coin clipping, something which was once considered as treason under English and British law and punishable by death. Measures to counteract coin clipping began under the reign of Charles II (1660 &#8211; 1685AD) with the phrase &ldquo;Decus et Tutamen&rdquo; (translated: An ornament and a safeguard) around the edges of all coins. This is still minted around the circumference of many \u00a31 coins today. News source: bbc.co.uk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[274,273],"tags":[217,37,177,13,218],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Coin collection sells for \u00a328,000 - UKBullion Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Coin collection sells for \u00a328,000 - UKBullion Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A collection of Roman, British and Islamic coins have recently sold at auction, netting its owners \u00a328,000. 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