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  1. Welcome to E-Auction 22!

    I am never certain when we begin assembling a catalog how it will all end up. We look for some thematic elements—Roman Britain, high grade milled British, a strong run of collectible and attractive United States type coins—these are areas that immediately ...

  2. A SMALL CHANGE CRISIS: Copper Coinage in early 18th Century England

    There are two histories of British coinage. One reflects the need for high value issues of silver and gold for the preservation of wealth and foreign exchange. The other was the need among poorer citizens for small change for day-to-day transactions. ...

  3. Welcome to E-Auction 21!

    Another interesting mix of material – ancients, British, world – and mixed throughout, our 2017 version of a Summer Bargain list. We include over 50 lots to complete Frank Robinson’s halfpenny collection. The economies of preparation and printing make sub ...

  4. Welcome to E-Auction 20!

    An interesting mix of things to consider: a few gold pieces including some appealing American currency, ancients with an appeal and interesting history that reflect our belief that “it doesn’t have to be expensive to be appealing,” do note the nicer Greek ...

  5. Welcome to E-Auction 19!

    We try to find interesting things for our sales, unusual but fascinating byways of numismatics and this catalog has its share of items you don’t ordinarily see. The ancient section may at first seem to be just another list but the surprise here is the low ...

  6. Henry VII: “Tentative Issue” groat

    Auction 36, Lot 142 “Groats of the latter period of his reign provide us with what are possibly the most beautiful example of the moneyer’s art to be found in the coinage of our country.” Raymond Carlyon-Britton made this observation in an article ...

  7. Auction 36 Opening Thoughts (written at the end of catalog production)

    There are some amazing coins in this catalog, the kinds of coins that lovers of this material sell last or only when their entire collection is let go. Fine Greek art is on display, from the magnificent Lockett Collection Siculo-Punic tetradrachm with its ...

  8. A Beginning And a Finishing Up

    Welcome to E-Auction 18! The photos on the back cover of the print version of the catalog introduce a major collection of English copper, tin and bronze coins formed by someone I have known since the 1970s, Frank Robinson. I knew he was an attorney and ...

  9. Welcome to E-Auction 17!

    Serious collections built over a long time include many unusual things in addition to the main concentration. Sometimes there are infrequently seen items like the three inexpensive Henry VI episcopal pennies (lots 75 to 77). The manuscript hinting at a ...

  10. Welcome to E-Auction 16!

    Welcome to E-Auction 16! Our largest E-Auction to date, this sale includes a broad selection of ancient Greek and Roman, British hammered and milled, tokens, and much more. In the ancient section we have a scarce electrum hemihekte (lot 1), an Athenian ...

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