Possible Clues:

• Old gold coin in e.g. Venice
• Former Italian gold coin
• In tubing, find a piece of gold
• Antique coin first of all found in pipe
• Passage about a coin that's no longer legal tender
• Tube protects a gold piece
• Sounds as if you can get from under it if the money is out of date
• One might have got taught to have such money in the Dee up there
• Andy, Aston Villa captain who played football and cricket for England
• Something to chew over, a steak bone which was tender once