British Coin Prices Continue Resurgent And More Information On The New CGS Encapsulation Service

7Jaguars

It appears that the recent London Coins (www.londoncoins.co.uk) auction offered the "Andrew Wayne" collection, and that from reports the bidding was near to riotous with lots opening at two or three times the Spink catalogue price. So far only the non-Wayne collection prices realised have been posted but one example already cited was the 1853 3d estimated at 200-250 pounds in Unc. going for 580 pounds plus commission!

Does anybody know who Andrew Wayne is/was? Never heard of him, but there were some fantastic pieces in the mid-price ranges on sale (at least BEFORE the bidding began).

Also, it is evidently London Coins that is trying to start the new CGS British coin encapsulation service; it will be interesting to see how this venture develops.

MacCrimmon

<< <i>and that from reports the bidding was near to riotous with lots opening at two or three times the Spink catalogue price. >>



Well, at least I procured some coins before all this frenzy......

After Cooke and this Wayne sale, I wonder what the 2007 Spink will hold as to price updates??

drjules

I have to admit I am in favour of a British encapsulation service. Now I have never submitted anything before but previous posts here seem to indicate some lack of understanding by the American based companies, especially with regard to modern British issues.

Just my 2 penneth

Dr J

Avarel

I found some of the prices to be under what I expected on some of the lots. Whomever got lot 1490 the hammered undated C2 3d made a steal for 85 even with the flan flaws, its a beautiful coin.

Av

7Jaguars

I have seen some griping on other chatrooms, but one must remember that pieces such as the 1853 3d currency in unc. is an extremely rare piece. The Maundy versions being more available tend to hold prices in this series back. I wonder if their 1852 was truly a currency specimen.

I would not like to be pricing for Spink, although I think we can predict that the prices for unc. will rise considerably. I too want to see how this all evolves, and I suspect relative bargains will still be around as was pointed out. I do wish that we could see these coins in person on this side of the Atlantic.

BTW, the 1949 proof set in the Heritage sale went for over 6k USD!

Gazza

I put a couple of proxy bids in as I was flying back from the Far East on the day of the auction. I got both for a reasonable amount under my max bids. Both where above estimate but only by a small margin. The first was a 1915 farther Freemans 593A Rarity 13 and the other a 1923 florin ESC942 Davies 1752 which is very rare, both from the Andrew Wayne collection.

Silvereagle82

<< <i>Does anybody know who Andrew Wayne is/was? Never heard of him, but there were some fantastic pieces in the mid-price ranges on sale (at least BEFORE the bidding began). >>



Wasn't he BATMAN ????

Gazza

err no, Bruce wayne

Blackhawk

golddustin

Starting about 5-6 years ago, I began buying some low-issue, modern British Sovereign, Brittania and pattern sets in both gold & silver. One set was produced in conjunction with PCGS, a 'first-strike' pcgs certified set of PRDC69 Sovereigns (if I remember correctly) - the sets are in a safe deposit box presently, but I wonder if Spink would be a place to find current values on these sets?
Thanks, Chuck

coinkat

Okay... here is something worth commenting on...

London Coins...

Do they have a retail spot in Newport Beach, California? I could swear that I saw a sign in a retail shop area not too far from the AIRPORT that was for LONDON COINS... and this location may not be too far from well...

wybrit

The first was a 1915 farthing Freemans 593A Rarity 13

In UNC?

7Jaguars

I think there may be another London coin firm, and possibly in California that is NOT related to this firm; my recollection is that they have mainly US coins.