Western Morning News (Saturday)
Coins could be worth a mint at auction
THE Charterhouse two-day September collector’s auction includes a large collection of modern British coins estimated to sell for thousands of pounds.
“The coin market remains very strong with collectors taking advantage of seeing and bidding on coins online and then having them safely posted to them,” said Richard Bromell. “Personally I have had a 50 year interest in collecting coins but rather bizarrely, all the coins in the collection are modern being minted many years after I was born!”
Although coins have been around from hundreds of years BC it is not the age of the coin which matters but what the coin is. Roman or Greek coins can be bought for just £5 or so whereas a 1933 penny sold for a staggering £127,000 at auction in 2016 as there are just a handful known in existence.
The collection of coins at Charterhouse predominantly comprise
Royal Mint issue proof and commemorative coins over the past 20 years.
There are Royal Mint coins commemorating special occasions such as celebrating 200 years since the Battle of Trafalgar in 2005 and year proof coins sets through to 2019 when the owner became ill and stopped collecting.
The majority of the coins and sets of coins are with their original boxes and packaging having never been in circulation. They go under the Charterhouse hammer on Thursday, September 9 in the sale of coins, medals, militaria and stamps followed on Friday, September 10 with model cars, trains, clocks and collector’s items.
Richard Bromell and the team at Charterhouse can be contacted for valuations and to arrange a free home visit at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne on 01935 812277 via www.charterhouse-auction.com.