Coins
Since ancient times, rulers and governments have produced coins to establish a standardised form of exchange for their citizens. With these items often embodying the history of their age, antique coins remains a highly collectable field.
Coins often appear in mixed auctions but there are also specialist auction houses operating in this field.
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Elizabeth I sovereign among highlights of Comber collection sold at Baldwin’s of St James’s
15 February 2021Starting his collection with a 1568 sixpence purchased in Swanage in 1957, marine insurance broker Christopher Comber (1944-2019) formed a remarkable collection of Elizabeth I coins.
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Silver penny that rewrote Mercian history makes £32,000 at auction
15 February 2021This silver penny struck for Ludeca, a short-lived king of Mercia who ruled from 826-7, was found at Combe Bissett, Wiltshire, in 2016.
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Spink's sale of Stratos collection led by Queen Anne five guineas piece
15 February 2021This Queen Anne (1702-14) five guineas piece from 1705 sold for £220,000 (estimate £100,000-120,000) to top the Stratos collection of English gold coins offered by Spink on September 15.
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$7.8m gold coin auction record for fabled Brasher dubloon
08 February 2021A 1787 New York-style Brasher doubloon, perhaps the most celebrated issue in US numismatics, has set a new auction record for a gold coin.
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Record for Cromwellian coin is set by 50 shilling piece
01 February 2021The fourth and final part of the North Yorkshire Moors collection of coins and medals included some exceptional examples from the Interregnum.
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Henry III coin strikes gold in US saleroom
25 January 2021One of only a handful of known examples of Henry III’s gold penny – one of the most fabled coins in all of British numismatics – sold for $720,000 (£554,000) at auction in Dallas last week.
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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.
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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.
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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”.
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Best English milled gold coins strike it big in Monte Carlo sale
16 November 2020The record for a British coin sold at auction has been broken twice at a sale in Monte Carlo.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maintaining a gold standard: Coins market focus
21 September 2020Coinex, the traditional autumn focus for the numismatic world, is cancelled this year.
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Stanley Gibbons unveils refurbished Strand showroom
26 June 2020Stanley Gibbons Group, which runs philately auctioneer-dealer Stanley Gibbons, numismatic dealership Baldwin’s and auction joint venture Baldwin’s of St James’s, will shortly reopen its newly refurbished shop and head office at 399 Strand in central London.
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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.
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Edward the Martyr penny found in ‘remarkable condition’ sells at DNW
27 April 2020A silver penny of the boy king Edward the Martyr – the teenager who ruled Saxon Britain in the 10th century and was later venerated as a saint – has sold to a UK collector for £9000 at Dix Noonan Webb (24% buyer’s premium).
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ATG letter: Two kilos – that’s a tiddler of a coin
27 April 2020MADAM – Re: your report on the sycee sold at auction in Germany (International, ATG No 2438).
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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.
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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.
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