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.
DNW challenges status quo with premium rise at numismatic sales
05 August 2019Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) has become the first UK numismatics auction house to set its buyer’s premium beyond 20%. The London coins, medal and jewellery specialist will charge a premium of 24% from September.
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Buyer’s premium rise for leading UK coin auctioneer
29 July 2019Dix Noonan Webb (DNW) has become the first UK numismatics auctioneer to set its buyer’s premium beyond 20%. The London-based coins, medal and jewellery specialist will charge a premium of 24% from September.
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Rare Roman gold coin found in Kent field sells at £460,000
06 June 2019A rare Roman gold coin, found by a metal detectorist in a field in Kent, was hammered down at £460,000.
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Rare Roman gold coin found in Kent field comes to auction
10 April 2019A very rare Roman gold coin, found by a metal detectorist in a field in Kent last month, will come to auction with an estimate of £70,000-100,000.
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Big money emerges for Hamburg coin
25 March 2019A very rare gold coin took top honours at the auction held by Künker (23% buyer’s premium) in Berlin on January 31.
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At face value: coins and medals sales recover after 2017 dip
18 February 2019It is a quarter of a century since ATG’s first overview of London’s numismatic auction market. Here we review the heads and the tails of 2018.
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Hammer highlights: 11 coins and medals that struck gold in 2018
18 February 2019ATG’s selection of 11 coins and medals lots that were among the highlights sold at UK auctions in 2018.
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‘Best of its type’ Vigo five guineas sets auction record for British coin
28 January 2019An auction record for a British coin was set in New York when a 1703 Vigo five guineas piece sold at $900,000 (£703,000) – $1.08m (£845,000) including premium. The sale was conducted by Baldwin’s of St James’s as part of The New York Premier Sale in Manhattan on January 13.
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Pick of the week: Buyer does give a hoot for splendid Athenian coin
14 January 2019The Athenian silver dekadrachm c.469/465-460BC is among the ancient world’s most celebrated coins – and a splendid example appeared for sale in New York last week.
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Value of English coinage increases at Mayfair dealership Sovereign Rarities' first auction
08 October 2018Landmark prices were paid for rare large-denomination English coins when Mayfair coin dealership Sovereign Rarities conducted its first auction on September 25.
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5 Questions: Richard Lobel of numismatic dealership Coincraft
01 October 2018Richard Lobel is the founder of numismatic dealership Coincraft. Trading for 63 years, it celebrates its 50th anniversary in London this year
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Coinex grows into new venue for 40th year
24 September 2018Bigger could mean better at the UK’s largest coin fair this year. Celebrating its 40th year, Coinex 2018 is in a larger venue and has more exhibitors.
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Coin specialist Sovereign Rarities and the Royal Mint to conduct inaugural auction
03 September 2018London coin dealership Sovereign Rarities will conduct its first auction on September 25.
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Coin collector buys Classical Numismatic Group and takes over management
31 August 2018Coin collector Mike Gasvoda has bought the assets of Classical Numismatic Group from the current partnership of Victor England and Eric McFadden.
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A Gold Rush for Heritage Auctions in Philadelphia
27 August 2018Heritage Auctions reported a string of high-value sales as part of its numismatic auctions held alongside Philadelphia’s 'World’s Fair of Money'.
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Rare example of the ‘first dollar of the New World’ sells at Heritage’s coin auction
27 August 2018The silver eight-Reales coins struck in Mexico City in the 1530s are sometimes referred to as the ‘first dollar of the New World’.
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Coin dealer arrested in London following international looted antiquities investigation
06 July 2018A coin and antiquities dealer has been arrested as part of an international investigation into a £35m crime network dealing in looted artefacts.
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Auction house movers and shakers: Dix Noonan Webb, Clevedon Salerooms, Christie's and Litchfield County
16 May 2018Latest saleroom moves, including appointments at Dix Noonan Webb and Clevedon Salerooms.
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Pick of the Week: Price is right on the gunmoney
14 May 2018A rare James II ‘gunmoney’ half-crown sold for €10,500 (£8850) at Whyte’s sale titled the Eclectic Collector in Dublin.
How police tracked down suspects after rare coins stolen from American football star Rob Gronkowski
25 April 2018Two suspects have been arrested in Massachusetts following a night-time break-in at the home of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski.
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