New King Charles coins unveiled and when you can get them
People can expect the new coin to appear in their change from December Coins featuring a portrait of King Charles III will gradually enter circulation from December and will appear on 50p coins first, The Royal Mint has said. In keeping with tradition, the King’s portrait faces to the left, the opposite direction to the Queen. […]
3 years ago
What will happen to the UK currency now the Queen is dead?
It may be some time before we start seeing UK currency with King Charles III’s face on In so many ways, the Queen has been a constant in the day-to-day life of Brits. Perhaps none more so than by featuring on our currency. While her image on notes and coins has changed over the years, […]
3 years ago
Bored Ape NFT accidentally sells for $3000 rather than $300,000
We still don’t get NFTs but plenty of people clearly do A highly in-demand issue of the popular ‘Bored Ape’ NFT (non-fungible token) has accidentally been sold for just $3,000 (£2,270): one-hundredth of its actual market price. ‘The Bored Ape Yacht Club’ is a limited run of 10,000 pieces of digital art, each with minor […]
4 years ago
Australia prints typo on 46 million $50 notes
FORTY-SIX MILLION DOLLARYDOOS!? TOBIAS! The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has had a shocker lads. Honestly. They’ve fucked it. They’ve absolutely fucked it. They rolled out a new $50 banknote in October last year that not only contains fancy polymer technology which prevents counterfeiting but also features Australia’s first female member of parliament, Edith Cowan. […]
7 years ago