WORLD BANKNOTE AUCTION
Last October, for example, we had a magnificent collection of Lebanese and Syrian banknotes; the Angola gave me the same buzz.
Misc
SPRING BANKNOTE SALES
As we were all recovering from the excitement of our October World Banknotes auction, with the group of East African and Lebanese discoveries, preparation for the spring auctions started once again.
LIFE CYCLE: A GLOBAL RIDE TO FIGHT CANCER (AROUND THE SOUTH POLE)
Following on from our ground breaking Polar Exhibition in November last year, we asked David Rose to talk to three times cancer survivor Patrick McIntosh about his trek across the Antarctic to the South Pole.
THE ENGLISHMAN WHO SAVED THE JACOBITES’ GOLD
While describing how Robert Strange prepared etching plates to print paper money for Prince Charles Edward Stuart to pay his troops as the Jacobite rebellion collapsed in 1746, Jonathan Callaway recalled the mysterious fate of a cache of French gold…
The Port Royal Earthquake of 1692
Port Royal was captured by the English in 1655 during the invasion of Jamaica. It grew very rapidly both in trade and in notoriety. Treasure from the sacked Spanish cities and goods from many hundreds of ships found a ready market here.
RIVALLING ROME: PARTHIAN COINS AND CULTURE
The term “Parthian” comes from the name of the satrapy of Parthava (Parthia), a province that was once part of the empire of the Hellenistic Seleucids, and before that of the Achaemenid Persians.
AN INTERVIEW WITH DAVID R SEAR
Ahead of David Sear’s much anticipated new release, An Introductory Guide to Ancient Greek and Roman Coins, Olivia Marshall from our book department asked the author to provide Insider readers with an insight…
From the Archive: The Great Pearl Sensation of 1891
Spink’s own Gregory Edmund discusses archive material in this Insider piece
ROMAN COINAGE ON THE PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME
Andrew Brown discusses Roman Coinage in this Insider feature
200 Years of Polar Exploration
In November 2019, Spink unveiled the most important exhibition dedicated to Polar exploration ever staged