Coin News

We at TOKEN PUBLISHING LTD would like to wish all of our customers, past and present a very happy and prosperous 2004

Unfortunately Gremlins struck in the "What's On" this month with us giving the date of AMP's next cardiff Fair as December 7 - it isn't the fair takes place at Cardiff City Hall on December 13. Any further queries about this or any other of their fairs contact AMP on 01953 597587

Please note that the info@coin-news (or sales@, name@ etc) email address will no longer come direct to us - we'll get messages eventually but for a speedier response we recommend using info@tokenpublishing.com

The latest in the series of Baldwins' highly popular Argentum sales has, unfortunately, had to be postponed. The recent unofficial postal strike meant that thousands of catalogues could not be sent out and the auctioneers felt that it was unfair to go ahead with the sale when not everybody had had...

Due to unforeseen circumstances Andrew Hartley Auctioneers have had to postpone their December 3rd sale as advertised in COIN NEWS November. They are hoping to re-shedule early in 2004 and we will let readers know of that new date as soon as possible.

The 2p piece with the NEW PENCE legend on the reverse isn't worth £400 no matter what the man on the "telly" said. It's true that if you get a 2p with that legend AND a date of 1983 or later then it's worth something far more than 2p but any date prior to that and I'm afraid that 2p is all you'll...

The fabulous Slaney Collection came under the Hammer at Spink in May and records tumbled left, right and centre - with the wonderfaul example of Thomas Simon's Pettion Crown fetching £138,000 a record for an English Silver Coin. See July's COIN NEWS for further details with a full Auction report...

The next time the COIN NEWS team will be in the capital is Saturday June 7 for the London Coin Fair at it's "new" venue of the Holiday Inn, Bloomsbury. The shows held there have been a great success and the transition from the Cumberland, which many thought would spell the end for this popular...

Don't forget that we have a distributor for all our books and magazines in the Republic of Ireland. Declan O'Kelly of Cathedral Stamps, 8 Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 is only too happy to ensure that all your numismatic requirements are met!

COIN NEWS will soon be available in Britain's best known store. Harrords in Kensington, London have agreed to take the magazine on a trial basis from the Aprl issue- get along there and pick up your copy, on sale March 26 (the next issue the March Issue, is on Sale on February 26 but sadly not from...

The beginning of March sees the Token Team flying East for the Asia Money Fair to be held at Suntec City, Singapore over the weekend of March 7-9. This show is increasing in popularity every year and attracts visitors from all over South East Asia and Australasia. It's well worth a visit if you are...