DEAR FRIENDS AND COLLECTORS, It was a hectic and rewarding closing of 2024, including the organisation of the world’s most prestigious philatelic event by the Club de Monte-Carlo in my capacity as President of the Club, with the presentation of the usual rarities and a jaw dropping exhibition of the best 50 collections of Asia […]
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SPINK NUMISMATIC CIRCULAR 39: ANCIENT COINS, FEATURING THE LITTLE BUSBY HOARD OF ROMAN DENARII AND THE “VEITCHII” COLLECTION Spink London, 26th March 2025 Spink’s first Ancient Coin sale of 2025 started things off with a bang, building on several years of great results in the category. Comprising 453 lots from across the ancient world, the
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the alfred leonard fuller of bath collection of english silver coins and tokens 17th December 2025 Cold though it may have been in London, Spink London’s Coin Department is far from hunkering down in hibernation. In the week leading up to Christmas, we held The Alfred Leonard Fuller of Bath Collection of English Silver Coins
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THE SPINK NUMISMATIC E-CIRCULAR, NUMBER 38 Later in January, the coin department also produced the latest offering of the Spink Numismatic e-Circular, Number 38. Although world coins had a significant presence in the sale (including the Barbara Mears Collection of Indian Coins), there were some English and British specimens that are worth also highlighting. To
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THE SIMPSON COLLECTION OF HIBERNO-NORSE AND IRISH COINAGE Spink London, 2nd April 2025 The Spink London Coin Department was delighted to return to the rostrum on 2nd April to present The John Noel Simpson Collection of Hiberno-Norse and Irish Coinage. Following the success of the collection’s banknotes in our NYINC programme in January, similar interest
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british and world coins winter sales in london In January, the Coin department in London held two sales of British and World Coins and Medals. The first was a room sale on the 9th, in which we were proud to set a formidable precedent as the first auction of 2025. Another marathon sale no less,
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To most people, Madagascar was a series of very successful animated films starring the instantly recognisable ring-tailed lemur. To me, it was the place my father, as a British Intelligence officer attached to the Free French, saw out the Second World War.
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Elizabeth II died a little over two years ago and, in her passing, many at the time rightly saw the end of an era.
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It might seem strange to claim that William Wyon was and is Britain’s most truly popular artist. After all he is hardly a household name today.
Coin auction catalogues are a delight, even if they quickly consume our bookshelves. Beautifully presented, sometimes even in hardback, they’re not out of place on the proverbial coffee table.
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