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Title: 800-year-old coin minted by Henry III
Post by: Kritter on December 26, 2017, 04:21:26 PM
800-year-old coin minted by Henry III to sell for ?500,000 | Daily Mail Online (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5213041/800-year-old-coin-minted-Henry-III-sell-500-000.html)

QuoteThe first ever English gold coin that had to be scrapped after a banking blunder meant is was worth less than its weight in gold, is now tipped to sell for ?500,000.

Some 52,000 of the King Henry III gold pennies were struck nearly 800 years ago before it was realised they were too heavy.

The basic mistake meant the gold it was made from was worth more than the coin itself.

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