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Coins of England and the United Kingdom

43rd Edition
Standard Catalogue of British Coins

Coins of England and the United Kingdom remains the only single-volume reference work which features every major coin type from Celtic to the present day with accurate market values for every coin type listed. It is an essential guide for beginners, serious numismatists and anyone interested in British Coinage.

As with every new edition, all sections of the catalogue have been carefully checked by the specialists at Spink and the prices of the coins have been updated to reflect current market conditions. The reference numbers used are recognized world-wide and are quoted by all of the leading auction houses and dealers.

Features of this 43rd edition include:

• Over 1,500 actual size colour images to aid identification.
• Updated Decimal section to include all new Royal Mint issues.
• New and Improved colour images throughout.
• Helpful guides to condition grading for all periods.
• Extensive revision for the coinage of Elizabeth I.
• Market Trends – a survey of the market in British coins over the past year.
• Concise introductions to each reign to aid the collector.

• Mintmarks and Symbols illustrated and explained.
• Numismatic Bibliography for further reading suggestions.

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SYLLOGE OF COINS OF THE BRITISH ISLES
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THE NORWEB COLLECTION
TOKENS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 1575-1750
PART VII – CITY OF LONDON

R.H. THOMPSON AND M.J. DICKINSON

Crown quarto, 386 pages, including 61 plates, one folding map.
Bound in blue Sylloge library buckram, gilt, with dust wrapper.
£35

This volume concentrates on the tokens of the City of London, that ‘One Square Mile’ which remains distinct from the rest of London. Certain streets (etc.) shared with other administrative areas have been placed where their greater part lay.

Some token issuers have been found amongst the ‘rulers of London’ and freemen of livery companies. A number had to rebuild after the Great Fire of 1666. A surprising variety of trade is represented.

The tokens have been attributed in the light of published information known to the authors, and those appearing uncertain, or belonging to more than one possible location, have been left to the next volume, as have a small number of forgeries.

Of the 1,443 types in this volume more than 230 are not in Williamson’s catalogue, and few have been illustrated previously. Many readings have been corrected, several duplicate records eliminated, and tokens reattributed from Middlesex, Ireland and an ‘uncertain’ category.

A concordance facilitates reference by Williamson number of additions by Dickinson. There is a very rare leather piece, and a goodly scattering of pennies. Most of these were issued from coffee-houses, and an essay on coffee-house tokens is included.

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Three important new titles just published by SPINK

British Historical Medals by Laurence Brown

BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS

Spink have just undertaken quality reprints of the much in demand and long out of print volumes 1 & 2 of this monumental work.
Both volumes have been commanding high prices and have become out of the reach of the average collector so it was decided, in consultation with the author, to produce a limited reprint to satisfy current demand.
These are unchanged reprints but have been refreshed with new colour dust-jackets, produced on quality paper and bound in Wibalin buckram so the feel is identical to the originals. The reproduction of the photographs is of a high standard and we feel that the quality is very consistent with the originals.

Available as follows, all volumes now priced at £80 each or the set of 3 volumes for £200.

Volume 1 – The Accession of George III to the Death of William IV, 1760-1837.
Volume 2 – The Reign of Queen Victoria, 1837-1901.
Volume 3 – The Accession of Edward VII to 1960.

SPINK’S BRITISH BATTLES AND MEDALS – NEW 7th EDITION
BY JOHN HAYWARD, DIANA BIRCH AND RICHARD BISHOP
OVER 800 PAGES PLUS COLOUR RIBAND CHART, ATTRACTIVELY BOUND IN GILT CLOTH

The 7th edition of British Battles and Medals, long established as the standard work of reference on British campaign medals, is now available.  This is a fully revised edition with a wealth of new material, but collectors the world over who are familiar with the previous editions of Major Gordon’s much loved work will be pleased to note that the basic chronological format of the original 1947 edition has been retained.  Though greatly enlarged and revised over the last nearly 60 years, this sensible format has stood the test of time and has been the model for all subsequent general books on medals.

The 7th edition has not only brought the campaign medal section up to date, but has also added more numismatic information.  Lists and number of Ships, Regiments and Units present has been revised where necessary, including the addition of more so-called ‘odd men’.  There is more information as well as new illustrations, examples of various styles of naming, both official and contemporary unofficial styles, together with clasps, where possible.

The numerous appendices have, for the first time, gathered together in the most accessible form a wealth of reference material, including lists and rolls covering some of the most celebrated actions of British Naval and Military history.  Among these will be found complete lists of recipients of Navy and Army Gold Medals and Army Gold Crosses, recipients of various British and foreign awards for the Crimea War, and nominal rolls for such actions as the Charge of the Light Brigade and the last charge of a British cavalry Regiment at Omdurman, the Defence of Legations at Pekin in 1900, and those involved in the Yangtze incident of 1949.

In his preface to the first edition, Major Gordon thanked the many museum curators, editors of magazines, and librarians, as well as the staff of Spink, and several friends who helped him in his work.  He also mentions many others at home and overseas who contributed information and encouragement, but who requested anonymity.  In a similar vein the second and third editions owed much to the many collectors who shared their knowledge with Major Gordon.  Indeed in the preface to the second edition he says “I have been overwhelmed by the interest my efforts have aroused”. The fourth edition, published in 1971, was the first to be produced by the medal department at Spink.  It was edited by Edward Joslin, as were the fifth and sixth editions, and with each edition the list of contributors has grown.  No doubt Major Gordon would be astonished at the size of the medal collecting community today, with the membership of the Orders and Medals Research Society alone standing at some 2,800 members.  The number of people involved with the production of this latest edition is certainly the highest in the 60 year history of British Battles and Medals.  It would appear that Spink is now the custodian of a standard reference work in which all medal collectors have more than just a passing interest.

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