Next Fair: 7 June 2008
Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury, Coram Street, WC1
9.30am-5.00pm. Last paid admission 3.30pm
ADMISSION £4.00, concessionary rate for pensioners, students and accompanied children £2.00 each.
Baldwins Argentum Auction 2.30pm Diploma Suite (viewing from 10.00-1.30pm in the Nobel Suite) First floor
We moved to the Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury in Coram Street, London WC1 in 2001 and it's now also known as The HOLIDAY INN fair or the LONDON fair by the trade and collectors. It's bright, modern, with good facilities for access and decent lighting. Light meals and refreshments are available in the hotel cafe bar and in Callaghans Irish Bar, with a wide range of cafes, pubs and restaurants nearby.
The fair is held in the Academy Conference suite of the Holiday Inn (follow the signs left from the foyer to the bourse reception) and is on two floors, with all sorts of exhibitors mixed together. Do remember to visit all the dealers and take a programme and plan from reception when registering! We have the usual eclectic mix of dealers, from international traders to solo specialists in coins, medals, paper money, tokens and weights. There is also a good showing of antiquities (pre-1700) to embellish your coin collection.
Our fairs average between 65 -75 dealers. In order to see all of them do give yourself plenty of time. It is hectic first thing in the morning but lunchtime is a little quieter for dealing.
Russell Square tube station on the Piccadilly line is the nearest tube (hotel is 2 minutes north)
Buses from Euston and Waterloo/Holborn tube stop on Woburn Place (nos. 59, 68, 91, 168).
Bus no. 7 from Oxford Street stops on Russell Square.
Background
The London Coin Fair is the largest collector fair of its type in the UK. Fairs have been organised since the 1960's and Simmons have been responsible for them since 1982. In the very early days only 30 dealers exhibited and used it as a central London showcase. Now it provides a London meeting place for provincial and foreign dealers, as well as the big London firms and the specialist one-man businesses. There is now on average between 65-75 dealers at each show. The range of material is vast, from pocket money coins in 'junk boxes' to the highest rarities in the British numismatic series. Coins ancient and modern, British and foreign, plus tokens, commemorative medals, some war medals, banknotes, tokens, books and accessories for the hobby are all to be found at the fair. Because many ancient coin dealers also deal in artefacts, we also allow exhibitors to show some antiquities - pre-1700, mainly metal such as brooches and buckles, but including classic Greek and Roman ceramic pots and lamps. Jewellery is restricted to coin jewellery only.
Exhibiting at the London Coin Fair
Exhibitors are full or part-time professionals in the coin business. Most exhibitors are from the UK with a few from USA, Canada, and the EU. If you would like to exhibit please write to us with your full name and address, trading speciality if any, and phone numbers, and we will forward booking details. The normal address is: LCF, PO Box 104, Leytonstone, London E11 1ND, UK. Exhibitors who are not known to us personally are asked to provide at least two trade references from within the coin trade. A waiting list is in operation when bookings are oversubscribed.
Future Dates at the same venue
Saturday 7 June 2008
Saturday 8 November 2008
For booking hotel rooms please contact the Holiday Inn direct on 0870 400 9222 (international +44 870 400 9222)
or book on their website for the best offer or by googling Holiday Inn London Bloomsbury reservations.