A rare coin expert urges Brits to check their wallets as finding an old half penny could lead to an early retirement. Despite ...

The half-penny - also known as 'ha'penny' - that many Brits remember was introduced in February 1971 at the time of decimalisation. The Royal Mint stopped making them in 1984, and then Chancellor ...

Irish protesters raise Palestine Liberation Organization flags across Dublin’s Ha’Penny Bridge during St. Patrick’s Day ...

Some linguistic and social references to the penny will likely stick around even if the coin does not. I sang about a “ha’penny” every Christmas during the 1970s, and the half-cent had ...

A demobbed serviceman finds that his village has fallen on hard times. With the help of family, friends and the villagers he enters his boat in a yacht race. Winning will mean orders for new boats ...

This leads to huge variations in their value. However, Coincollectingwizard - an expert in rare coins - says that some are ...