# Man buys box of old medals for £25, discovers rare Captain Cook medal worth £5,000

- Source: Times of India
- Published: 2026-10-26T22:28:00+00:00
- Category: World
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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 house, where it later fetched £5,000. The medal was purchased by the Captain Cook Memorial Museum in Whitby for a special exhibition

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