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Man buys box of old medals for £25, discovers rare Captain Cook medal worth £5,000
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Times of India World is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 26 Oct 2026, 22:28 UTC. The headline in use is “Man buys box of old medals for £25, discovers rare Captain Cook medal worth £5,000”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
A man who bought a box of 22 old medals for just £25 at a car-boot sale in West Yorkshire discovered that one was a rare 18th-century medal commemorating Captain James Cook's death in 1779. After selling the other medals for £500, he took the rare piece to an auction…
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- First reported by Times of India World
Man buys box of old medals for £25, discovers rare Captain Cook medal worth £5,000
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- Times of India