Roman Coins and Roubles Sell Well Above Estimate at Spink
Dec 03 2013

In London early this week, Spink sold upwards of 1000 Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals, including a number of Roman Aurei coins that surpassed their estimates by many thousands.   A wide range of high quality and historic World Coins sold strongly with high prices achieved for rare Polish and Russian coins.   Lot 516 Price Realised: £24,000   Lot 488 Price Realised: £6,240   Lot 485 Price Realised: £43,200   Day 2 focused on Br...

Roman Gold Coins Among Highlights of December Coin Sale at Spink
Nov 26 2013

On the 2nd and 3rd of December, Spink will hold a 1080 lot sale of Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals. The auction falls neatly into two parts, the first day with ancient and world coins, the second day devoted to British coins. Highlights include a small collection of Roman gold coins (lots 152-172 esp. 161, 164, 172), which will prove very popular as these are currently in great demand at the moment, and there is consequently a scarcity on the market.   The co...

Spink Hires Three Numismatic Experts in Hong Kong Office
Oct 23 2013

Just a month after the move of Chairman and CEO Olivier D. Stocker to Hong Kong, Spink is delighted to announce the hiring of three senior numismatic experts who are well known to the Hong Kong and Mainland China collecting community. Dr Kelvin Cheung, Paul Chow and Kin Choi Cheung total between themselves over 50 years of experience. They will be based in Hong Kong and bring their expertise in Chinese Banknotes, Coins, Medals, and Bonds and Share certificates. Speaking of this major growth...

£6 Million Realised During Two Weeks of World Records at Spink
Oct 09 2013

Spink has started Autumn in London with a remarkable two weeks of world records, historic rarities, and almost £6 million in numismatic sales. We are delighted to announce a number of record-breaking figures for some extraordinary coins and banknotes. Some of the rarest items on the market have gone under the hammer over the past weeks, spread across six sales.   WORLD RECORD FOR A TRIPURA COIN AT AUCTION Sold for £21,600 on 24 September Tripura, Durga Manikya(1809-13), Mohur  &nb...

Kennedy Assassination Wire Copy Offered at Spink USA
Oct 03 2013

Spink's October 9th and 10th New York Collector's Series sale features some of the most historically important items of the year. These include wire copy from one of the most remembered events in American history - the assassination of Kennedy, John Fitzgerald "Jack" (JFK) (1917-1963), thirty-fifth President of the United States.  The lot is an archive of Associated Press Wire Copy from November 22, 1963, covering 24 hours of news as it came into an Iowa newsroom that day over a news ti...

A Golden Age for Coin Auctions at Spink
Oct 02 2013

Yesterday afternoon, Spink sold almost £2 million of rare world coins. The sale featured 600 lots from around the world, including superb rarities from Italy, Spain and Transylvania. With many of the coins in the sale coming from a collection formed between the wars, there was huge interest from many European collectors and dealers. This led to intensive bidding with the best lots seeing impressive prices.   Among the afternoon's considerable highlights were several coins that received a...

Further Success for Nicholas Rhodes Coins at Spink
Sep 26 2013

A busy season for Spink's record-breaking coin department continued this week with two exemplary sales - the North East Indian Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection Part I, and Indian, Islamic, British and Anglo-Gallic Coins and Commemorative Medals. Tuesday's North East Indian Coin Sale featured over 500 coins from a region that has earned increasing interest from collectors. After the success of last month's Tibetan Coins from the Nicholas Rhodes Collection in Hong Kong, which achieved r...

Extremely Rare Gold Coins to Come Back Onto Market at Spink
Sep 24 2013

A collection of extremely rare gold coins, assembled in the 1920s and 1930s, is to come back onto the market in the Spink World Coin auction in London on the 1ST of October. Among the highlights is a splendid Dodici doppie e mezza (12½-Doppia) of Genoa dated 1638. This coin was known to the compilers of the Corpus of Italian Coins (volume III published in 1912) only through a description in a 19th century sale catalogue, and experts have speculated as to whether the coin really existed or not...

Huge Collection of North East Indian Coins for Sale at Spink
Sep 18 2013

Last month, Spink achieved record prices for the Tibetan coins of Nicholas Rhodes. This month, on the 24th of September in London, we are proud to be selling another one of his eminent collections - coins of North East India. This is the first half of a huge and comprehensive collection of coins from Tripura, Cooch Behar, Kachar, Manipur, Jaintiapur, Assam and Ladakh. The sale will also include some earlier prototype coins of the Sultans of Bengal. Highlights include great rarities expected t...

Season's Best Offering of British Coins at Spink
Sep 18 2013

Spink's Autumn sale of British coins will take place on September 25th. This is the best selection of English, Scottish, Irish and Anglo-Gallic coins offered in London this season. Included in the sale is part II of the Ross Blakey collection of Tudor coins with good examples of many denominations and rarities including an Edward VI gold Crown and an Elizabeth I 'portcullis money' 4 Testerns of 1601, struck for use by the East India Company in its first ventures. Above: Lot 464 Elizabeth I,...

Tibetan Coins Achieve Record Prices at Spink China
Aug 21 2013

In today's Hong Kong auction, Spink sold the highly praised Nicholas Rhodes Tibetan coin collection. This included some extremely rare coins, many of which surpassed their estimated values and achieved record prices. Bidders were keen to take advantage of this unique opportunity to own coins of such significant historical, cultural and aesthetic value. The auction continued long into the evening and made for a successful, memorable sale. Coin specialist Barbara Mears said: "I believe this is...

Design for the Coinage that Never Happened
Jun 17 2013

DESIGN FOR THE COINAGE THAT NEVER HAPPENED The 26th and 27th of June 2013 Spink coin auction in London, set over two days, will see 875 lots go under the hammer, including a number of historically significant items. These include the design for a proposed Crown for Edward VIII which was never issued - a unique pair of separate tin strikings of the obverse and reverse designs made in 1936 while Edward was King.  It is expected to fetch £25,000-35,000. The obverse, by T. Humphrey Paget,...

Rare Tibetan Coins at Spink
Jun 13 2013

RARE TIBETAN COINS AT SPINK Spink are delighted to announce the auction dates for the remarkable and historic Nicholas Rhodes Collection. The collection features a number of extremely rare items, some of which are expected to reach record prices. Nicholas Rhodes built a collection of coins, banknotes and stamps concentrated on the core areas of Tibet, Assam and Nepal.  The first part of this extensive collection, the Tibetan coins, will be auctioned by Spink in Hong Kong on 21st August...

Richard III Coin Found Near Bosworth Battlefield Sells For £36,000 at Spink
Dec 05 2012

RICHARD III COIN FOUND NEAR BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD SELLS FOR £36,000AT SPINK             London. December 5th, 2012. A gold coin discovered near the site of the famous Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire, bearing Richard III's personal emblem of the boar, has sold for £36,000 to a private collector, against a pre-sale estimate of £12-15,000 at Spink in London. It went under the hammer in Spink's Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medal...

Richard III Coin Found Near Bosworth Battlefield
Nov 12 2012

RICHARD III COIN FOUND NEAR BOSWORTH BATTLEFIELD      London. Monday November 12, 2012. A historical gold coin bearing Richard III's personal emblem of the boar, has been discovered near the site of the famous Battle of Bosworth in Leicestershire and is set to cause much excitement when it goes under the hammer in Spink's Ancient, English & Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals sale in London, on December 4th & 5th, 2012.   While badges, sword mounts and cann...

First Scottish coin realises three times estimate
Jun 28 2012

London. June 28, 2012. Today Spink, the world's premier auction house for collectables, sold the first known coin ever issued in Scotland for the staggering price of £8,400. The penny, discovered near Harrogate in North Yorkshire in 1998, is one of less than only ten known examples ever found and existing today, making it exceptionally rare. The coin was purchased by a private collector in the room, for more than three times its pre-sale low estimate of £2,500 at Spink's UK headquarters in Lond...