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COIN Shop, the world’s only gold coin retail chain, has seen its fastest selling retail coin ever with the recent William and Catherine Royal engagement gold coin issue. With over 300 coins sold, Scoin Shop staff have been working flat out to meet demand. Shop founder, Alan Demby, commented “There is a marked upward trend in value in some commemorative and rare gold coins rather than generic bullion coins. This is due to their limited mintage and the event they commemorate”.The Royal couple are in good company as the most popular coin subject thus far has been the Nelson Mandela kilogram medallion. Scoin Shops third outlet opened on September 13 in Westfield Stratford City, London ensuring coin collecting keeps a foothold on the High Street.
Four sales in four days
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OT one but four sales from DNW cover the week in the run up to Coinex on September 30 and October 1. The first DNW sale off the block is British coins on September 26, followed by Ancient coins on the 27th, Coins of the World on 28th and finishing off with British and World Paper Money on the 29th. One of the highlights of the Ancients sale is this Pantikapaion Gold Stater, c. 370–355 BC, featuring the head of a bearded Pan on the obverse and a horned griffin on the reverse weighing in at 9.08g. This extremely rare coin is expected to realise between £300,000–400,000. And, despite deserving a wellearned rest after the marathon of four sales in four days, DNW are off again on October 5 when their 18th Century British Trade Tokens sale occurs. All the catalogues can be found on-line at www.dnw.co.uk or for more details telephone 020 7016 1700.
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Nobium first for RCM
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HE first nobium coin to be issued by the Royal Canadian Mint has just rolled off the production line— and immediately sold out! The new bi-metallic coin has a sterling silver outer ring and core however, nobium has been inserted and then selectively oxidized to create a colour. The first issue, $5, depicts a young buck standing to the fore with the moon in the background. The Buck moon is the native Indian Algonquin name for the full moon of mid-summer. Further coins of the same bi-metallic make-up are planned to depict Algonquin Hunter’s moon, the Wolf moon and Pink moon. Each coin’s nobium core will have a different colour. The Hunter’s moon coin has also been released. To find out more about the new series log on to www. mint.ca.
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October 2011