The toffee tin was full of 'all manner of interesting sorts of knick-knacks' including other coins, little bits of jewellery, ...
The pewter coin, known as the Continental Dollar, was minted in 1776. Just 6,000 were made and fewer than 100 are still in ...
Auctioneer Joseph Trinder explained that the valuable coin was discovered in a large toffee tin brought by a private vendor ...
An incredibly rare American coin from the year of the Declaration of Independence, stashed away in a toffee tin, has fetched ...