No one has ever been able to discover exactly how, when or even why the British decided to divide a pound of silver into 20 shillings and 240 pence, but everyone agrees that the system is a bedeviling ...

Australia's oldest paper money, a 10-shilling note printed in the 1800s, will be auctioned in Sydney tonight. The bank note was issued on April 8, 1817, the day the Bank of New South Wales (now ...

WOW, inflation alone can’t explain the staggering return on Australia’s first bank note. On paper it is worth just $58.43 but its true market value is $1m. The massive return on investment belies the ...

Australia's oldest paper money will be staying on Australian soil after fetching a record price at auction at the State Library in Sydney. The 10-shilling note, which was issued the day the Bank of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. They may have snared the Ashes, but England will have to make do with one less relic after an Australian coin dealership seized back one ...

FORGET Monopoly money. This early Australian bank note is completely legit, and it’s worth a tidy $1 million. But the 103-year-old banknote, discovered among the possessions of the late Judith Denman, ...

A 10-shilling note dating back to the 1800s has sold for a record AUD$334,000 at a Sydney auction. Colin Pitchfork, a consultant at Noble Numismatics, holds the only known specimen of the first ...