Medals, tokens, coins, paranumismatica for collectors
We sell and buy coins, medals, tokens, weights and scales, direct and by auction. We’ve been in this business since 1982. More than 40 years later we are still passionate about numismatics.
We have added lots of fixed price items for you to buy on this website with many more to follow.
RON DUTTON COLLECTION OF MEDALS – online now. Ron was a founder of BAMS and as the artist secretary, saw the issue of the medals through personally, often finishing and patinating them. Although mostly British artists, there are medallists from Poland, USA, France, Portugal and Germany. Having catalogued the BAMS and FIDEM medals and the swaps between Ron and other artists, we’re now starting to catalogue the commissions and Ron’s own studio medals. Some are experimental, some are commissions, and lots of landscapes and the natural world. Conservation, creativity, abstraction and realism with some really good portraits and lots of sheep!
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Latest News
- A Sicilian puzzle
Normans of Sicily, William II 1166-89 bronze Tri-follaro quartered in antiquity 3.13g 20x13mm Reference: Rodolfo Spahr Le Monete Siciliane 117 Quite what is going on is unclear – the trifollaro with the lion mask / palm tree design was only used for a few years. As a coin was this… Read More »A Sicilian puzzle - MB110 Medal auction July 22 2025
Last auction? Never say never so Simmons Gallery are doing an medal auction on July 22 2025 – “just to tidy up the stock a bit” as Howard and Frances enter retirement. We’ve taken things out of the ‘reserve stock’ which is code for things we really like and ‘forgot’… Read More »MB110 Medal auction July 22 2025 - International Numismatic Congress Warsaw 2022
Held from 10th to 16th September, the INC was held in the University of Warsaw, Poland. This numismatic congress, started in the 1920’s, is held every 6 years. Because of the pandemic it’s been 7 years since we met in Sicily, in Taormina but we’ll meet again in 5 years… Read More »International Numismatic Congress Warsaw 2022 - The archive: past auctions of tokens and medalsIt’s always useful to be able to find past catalogues and prices realised so here’s a round up of what we’ve done as Simmons Gallery since September 2020, with links to text catalogues and prices realised. We’ll try in the future to post prices realised here in the blog in… Read More »The archive: past auctions of tokens and medals
- MB98 Medals Auction snippets: a golden Diamond, a silver sorrow and some bronze bloomers.There are only 230 lots this time in Simmons Gallery’s next online auction sale on 26 May. It begins with some thirty early medals issued by the British Art Medal Society. A very rare piece is a gilded example of the bronze medal Diamond by celebrated sculptor, Lynn Chadwick. Made in… Read More »MB98 Medals Auction snippets: a golden Diamond, a silver sorrow and some bronze bloomers.
- The Ronnie Breingan collection of Transport Tokens and TicketsFrom canals to ferries, horse drawn omnibus to park and ride, Ronnie Breingan’s collection charts the metallic history of transport. It’s only just over 100 pieces but what variety! The tickets and tokens are mainly Scottish but include a smattering of English and other ones too. The earliest tickets in… Read More »The Ronnie Breingan collection of Transport Tokens and Tickets
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