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Coin

Bidders on the scent of an 1810 ‘classic head’ US coin
11 January 2021Some of the best US coin discoveries are today made in the UK.

More ‘treasure’ likely to be unearthed in 2021
21 December 2020A notable source of ancient coins and historical jewellery appearing on the market in 2020 has been the soil. It is the success of the Portable Antiquities Scheme that finders of ‘treasure’ are now encouraged to declare discoveries and share the proceeds of sales with the landowner.

Gold stater of king Caratacus sets auction record for a British Iron Age coin
23 November 2020David Sear, author of Roman Coins and their Values, called it “among the most exciting numismatic discoveries of the 21st century, if not of all time”.

Bawden’s decimal coin design makes a Mint
28 September 2020Edward Bawden (1903-89) was one of a number of artists invited to submit designs ahead of Britain’s changeover to decimal coinage. Designs were invited for six coins: the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p pieces.

Fabled Una and the Lion proof set returns to auction
21 September 2020A celebrated Una and the Lion proof set minted in the first year of Queen Victoria’s reign returns to auction next month.

Market proof: Queen Anne five guineas piece from 1705 sells for £220,000 at Spink
21 September 2020Choice specimens of the rarest English coins are reaching new financial territory.

Maintaining a gold standard: Coins market focus
21 September 2020Coinex, the traditional autumn focus for the numismatic world, is cancelled this year.

Pick of the week: Shedding golden light on an Iron Age ruler
25 May 2020The original names of the gold coins used by the indigenous tribes of Celtic Britain are unknown but collectors have dubbed them staters after the Greek coins that inspired them.

Metal detectorist discovers Edward the Martyr Saxon boy king silver penny
16 April 2020A metal detectorist who was ready to give up for the day after finding only three .22 lead bullets then got another signal in the same area and dug down about five inches deeper.

Silver penny from brief reign of forgotten Anglo-Saxon king now worth £32,000
16 March 2020A silver penny of Ludica, a virtually unknown Anglo-Saxon king of Mercia, has sold for £32,000.

New discovery of coin marking the end of silver offered at Baldwin’s
09 March 2020As the Standard Catalogue of British Coins points out, this tiny denomination, the George VI silver threepence dated 1945 , essentially marks the end of the silver coinage and the beginning of modern coins made of copper-nickel and brass.

UK auction record for a copper coin at Spink
10 February 2020A UK auction record for a copper coin was set on September 24 when a rare Edward VIII 1937 pattern penny sold at Spink for £111,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium). The coin was made as a trial, ahead of the king’s abdication in December 1936, and was never released for circulation.

Silver coin with echos of Spartacus sold at London auction
10 February 2020This silver denarius from 43BC is struck to one side with a youthful male of Quintus Arrius, who was praetor in 72BC and propraetor in 71BC.

James I gold rose ryal sells at Baldwin’s St James
10 February 2020This ‘superb’ rose ryal, produced during the third coinage of James I in 1619-20, sold for £34,000 at Baldwin’s of St James (20% buyer’s premium).

Coin from the brief reign of Allectus turns heads at Dix Noonan Webb
10 February 2020Found in a newly ploughed field close to a Roman road near Dover early in 2019, this gold aureus is one of just 24 recognised from the brief reign of Allectus (293-296AD).

Record annual total and sales volume for London's numismatic auction houses
10 February 2020A record take of £48m and a one-third increase in the number of lots available to bidders – ATG reviews a healthy 2019 for London numismatic saleroom

Engraver Wyon’s work at its best
10 February 2020This silver half crown proof from 1839 sold for £6000 at London Coin Auctions (20% buyer’s premium).

Umayyad gold dinar equalled auction record for an Islamic coin
10 February 2020This rare Umayyad gold dinar dated 105AH (723AD) equalled the auction record for an Islamic coin (or any coin sold in Europe) when it was hammered down at £3.1m at Morton & Eden (20% buyer’s premium).

Henry VIII gold coin makes £110,000 at Sovereign Rarities' joint auction with The Royal Mint
10 February 2020Sovereign Rarities (20% buyer’s premium) conducted its second joint auction with The Royal Mint in the second half of last year.

Coin with double image of Irene of Athens sold at TimeLine Auctions
10 February 2020This gold solidus struck in Constantinople features the double portrait of Irene of Athens (c.752-803) who from 797-802 became the first empress regnant of the Byzantine empire.

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