Stamp Collector

The 2nd Century AD

t is a truism that every successful economy relies, not on people with lots of money to spend, but on small, everyday transactions. Pennies make pounds, and throughout history, coin producers have worked hard to ensure that there is enough ‘small change’ to go around. So much so that when

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