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The British sixpence (/ ˈ s ɪ k s p ən s /) piece, sometimes known as a tanner or sixpenny bit, was a denomination of sterling coinage worth 1 ⁄ 40 of one pound or half of one shilling. It was first minted in 1551, during the reign of Edward VI , and circulated until 1980.
The first book to achieve a sale price of greater than $1 million was a copy of the Gutenberg Bible which sold for $2.4 million in 1978. The most copies of a single book sold for a price over $1 million is John James Audubon's The Birds of America (1827–1838), which is represented by eight different copies in this list.
The Daily Mirror and other sources reported a Rare Record Price Guide story in April 2015 that a David A. Stewart 'Test' 78 from 1965 was worth £30,000. A copy of Joseph Beuys' 100-only 'multiple' reel-to-reel edition of Ja Ja Ja Nee Nee Nee album from 1969 was valued at over £30,000. [21]
Penguin books in Australia recently had to reprint 7,000 copies of a now-collectible book because one of the recipes called for "salt and freshly ground black people." 9 misprints that are worth a ...
"The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence" [4] "The True History of a Little Old Woman Who Found a Silver Penny" [5] "The Tale of Old Mother Muggins Who Finds ' a New Sixpence ' " [5] There is one publication which transcends both categories and does not mention the woman. "The Pig Bought with a Silver Penny" [6]
Each new penny was worth 2.4 old pence ("d."). A coin of half a new penny, a halfpenny, was introduced to maintain the approximate granularity of the old penny, but was dropped in 1984 as inflation reduced its value. An old value of 7 pounds, 10 shillings, and sixpence, abbreviated £7-10-6 or £7:10s:6d. became £7.52 1 / 2 p. Amounts ...
Tupperware Cake Taker. The Tupperware Cake Takers were first introduced in the 1970s as a solution to the problem of carrying and transporting cakes without any mess or damage.
Here are 20 rare state quarters worth additional value, according to Gainesville Coins, USA CoinBook and PCGS. Keep in mind that “error” coins — the ones primarily included on this list ...