Detectorist's coin find sells for £648,000

[Duncan Head]

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jan/24/devon-detectorist-13th-century-gold-coin-sold

[Erpingham]

Featuring a portrait of the bearded and crowned Henry III on his throne, about 52,000 of the coins were minted. It became apparent they were financially unviable because the value of the coin was less than its weight in gold and almost all were melted down. Leigh-Mallory's is only the eighth known example.

An interesting insight into coin lifecycles there. 

According to the BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-60095685

it is the first of its type discovered for 260 years, which will have made it even more collectable.

[Imperial Dave]

nuts amount of money!