12^th March 2026

Next club meeting 13^th April 2026

Roy Sellstrom will be giving a talk on Military Detector Finds.

Meetings are held at the Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, commencing at

7.00 p.m.

March Meeting

March saw the annual Club auction. This year there were only 100 lots but of

higher minimum standards and reserve prices. Sixteen members were present, ready and eager to place their bids.

42% of the lots submitted were sold with a total hammer value of £2036. With a 10% commission for club funds this brought a welcome £203.60 to the club’s reserves.

The full list of sales follows:

		Reading Coin Club Auction March 2025
No	Denomination	Description	Reserve	Sale Price
1	Halfpenny	1902 Low tide Halfpenny	100	£100.00
2	Medals	1965 Boxed set of 3 silver medals for the Island of Sark recording the 400th anniversary of the granting of the royal charter by queen Elizabeth1st in 1565 (set no218 of 2500)	130	£ -
3	Britannia	1997 Boxed 4-coin set with cert	225	£ -
4	Florin	1935 Florin	15	£ 15.00
5	Florin	1936 Florin	15	£ 18.00
6	Half-crown	1928 Half crown	20	£ -
7	Half-crown	1931 Half crown	20	£ -
8	Half-crown	1932 Half crown	24	£ -
9	Farthing	1935 Farthing	14	£ -
10	Halfpenny	1897 High tide Halfpenny	22	£ 28.00
11	Halfpenny	1908 Halfpenny	30	£ 30.00
12	1/3rd Farthing	1827 1/3rd Farthing	36	£ 36.00
13	1/3rd Farthing	1878 1/3rd Farthing	55	£ 65.00
14	1/3rd Farthing	1885 1/3rd farthing	55	£ 55.00
15	½ Farthing	1843 ½ x ¼ Farthing	30	£ -
16	½ Farthing	1844 ½ x ¼ Farthing	18	£ -
17	½ Farthing	1844 ½ x ¼ Farthing E over N variety	30	£ 30.00
18	Farthing	1674 Copper farthing	22	£ -
19	Farthing	1874 ‘H’ Farthing	24	£ 24.00
20	Farthing	1895 Young head farthing	60	£ 60.00
21	Decimal Set	1996 Silver proof boxed set with Coa	70	£ 70.00
22	1/10th Krugerrand	1981 South Africa 1/10th Krugerrand	300	£350.00
23	Decimal Set	1988 Bu uncirculated decimal set £1 to 1p	10	£ -
24	50p	Isle of Man longship 50ps 1975,76,80 & 82 (7off coins)	15	£ -
25	Mixed sets	3 Sets of LSD including some decimal	10	£ 10.00
26	£2 Decimal	Gibraltar 2020 Hercules part set in box (7 coins Inc. 2 duplicates- 5 distinctive designs	100	£ -
27	PNC Sets	1997 £2 PNC Flights of Genius & Guernsey 2019 50p x3 Concorde PNC	12	£ -
28	Miscellaneous	7off miniature base metal coins in sealed packs	10	£ -
29	Miscellaneous	Aluminium coin case for 205 coins, 5 trays lockable in sealed box of issue (Unused)	25	£ -
30	Roman	5off Identified Roman bronzes	20	£ -
31	Roman	Faustina Senior Sestertius (wife of Antoninus Pius)	30	£ -
32	Roman	198-217 Caracalla Silver Denarius	30	£ 30.00
33	Roman	249-251 Herennia Etruscilla Antoninus	20	£ 24.00
34	Roman	602-610 Focas Follis	10	£ 10.00
35	Ham Groat	1509-26 Henry VII/VIII Profile issues (Holed above head)	45	£ 49.00
36	Ham Groat	1560-61 Elizabeth 2nd Issue groat	25	£ 27.00
37	Penny	1797 Cartwheel penny	10	£ 10.00
38	Penny	1950 & 51 Pennies (1951 corrosion spot reverse)	15	£ -
39	Tokens	3 Tokens (All cleaned)	10	£ -
40	Bank token	1811 1/- & 6d Bank token	38	£ 39.00
41	Sixpence	1844 Sixpence (Small 44 in date)	125	£125.00
42	Paper money	6off French 20F bank notes, 2off Eastern Caribbean 10$ Notes & 1off Swiss 100Franc note	10	£ 80.00
43	World coin	300gms of world coin (some still current coins)	10	£ 10.00
44	Badge	Base metal pin badge of Edward viii proposed coronation in 1937	10	£ 10.00
45	2/- & 1/-	South Africa 1895 shilling & 1896 2 shillings	10	£ 12.00
46	Shilling	South Africa 1896 shilling	10	£ -
47	Miscellaneous	S Rhodesia 1951 3d & 1887 Shilling (marks in fields)	10	£ -
48	Threepences	4off silver 3ds 1910, 14, 33 & 42	10	£ -
49	Farthing	1673 Copper farthing	20	£ -
50	2d	1797 Cartwheel twopence	20	£ -
51	Penny	1854 Penny	18	£ -
52	Penny	1889 Penny	50	£ -
53	Penny	1890 Penny	15	£ -
54	Penny	1895 Penny	15	£ -
55	Penny	1896 Penny	22	£ -
56	Penny	1897 Penny	28	£ -
57	Penny	1901 Penny	14	£ -
58	Halfpenny	1771 Halfpenny	130	£ -
59	Halfpenny	1826 Halfpenny	20	£ -
60	Halfpenny	1837 Halfpenny	50	£ 50.00
61	Halfpenny	1858 Halfpenny	20	£ 20.00
62	Halfpenny	1860 Tooth Boarder Halfpenny	26	£ 26.00
63	Halfpenny	1860 Beaded Boarder Halfpenny	26	£ 45.00
64	Halfpenny	1887 Halfpenny	50	£ -
65	Miscellaneous	Aluminium coin case for 205 coins, 5 trays lockable in sealed box of issue (Unused)	20	£ -
66	Florin	1872 Die 60 Gothic florin	350	£ -
67	Double Florin	1887 Roman I Double florin	65	£ 70.00
68	Florin	1903 Florin	130	£ -
69	Penny	1907 Penny	30	£ 30.00
70	Crown	1902 Crown in case	180	£ -
71	Shilling	1663 Shilling	160	£ -
72	Shilling	1758 Shilling	70	£ -
73	Half-crown	1672 3rd Bust Half-crown	350	£ -
74	Shilling	1871 Die 23 Shilling	75	£ -
75	Sixpence	1557 Philip & Mary Sixpence (S2506)	550	£ -
76	Decimal	2004 Gibraltar 50p Fifty Pence Coin Cover	70	£ 70.00
77	Shilling	1893 Proof Shilling	275	£ -
78	Sixpence	1896 Sixpence	50	£ -
79	Sixpence	1898 Sixpence	50	£ -
80	Sixpence	1901 Sixpence	26	£ 26.00
81	Sixpence	1911 Sixpence	26	£ -
82	Shilling	1825 Shilling	28	£ 28.00
83	Shilling	1888 Shilling 8 over 7 variety	28	£ 50.00
84	Shilling	1902 Matt Proof Shilling	100	£ -
85	Shilling	1905 Shilling	65	£ -
86	Shilling	1906 Shilling	26	£ -
87	Shilling	1907 Shilling	28	£ 28.00
88	Shilling	1910 Shilling	30	£ -
89	Shilling	1911 Shilling	28	£ -
90	Shilling	1912 Shilling	26	£ 26.00
91	Proof set	1927 Proof set in plush red box	650	£ -
92	Florin	1928 Florin	15	£ 20.00
93	Florin	1931 Florin	15	£ 15.00
94	Florin	1859 Gothic florin (stop after date variety)	150	£150.00
95	Farthing	1821 farthing	90	£ -
96	Shilling	1886 Shilling	125	£ -
97	Shilling	1858 Shilling	70	£ -
98	Shilling	1842 Shilling	65	£ 65.00
99	Half-crown	1683 Half-crown	400	£ -
100	Half-crown	1897 Half-crown	90	£ -

Future Events.

London Coin Fair – Shortlands, London, W6 –13^th June 2026

Midland Coin Fair - National Motorcycle Museum –12^th April 2026

Spinks Auctions –1^st April 2026

Noonans, Mayfair, W1J 8BQ – 7^th April and 13^th May 2026

Morton & Eden –Spring 2026

St James Auctions – 15^th April and 14^th May 2026

Baldwins –30^th March 2026

Past Events

In 1976 Mr. R Sharman gave a talk on the Pax 1d of William I.

In 1986. Mr. L Brown spoke about Commemorative medallions covering the struggle for Africa and in particular those famous personalities Livingstone and Stanley.

In 2006 Barry Cooke delivered a talk on City Views on European Coins.

and in 2016 the club auction was held.

Club Secretary