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BBC News
01-03-2025
- Entertainment
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Dorset: Commemorative coin collection fetches £4,000 at auction
A large number of commemorative coins, including Lord of the Rings, London 2012 Olympic Games and Queen Elizabeth II sets, has been sold at privately-owned collection from Horsham, West Sussex, fetched just over £4,000 in the sale at Charterhouse Auctioneers, Dorset, on collection, which had been expected to sell for £3,000, included a variety of silver and cupro-nickel Richard Bromell described coins as "a wonderful thing to accumulate". He said: "Everyone collects something - it might not be commemorative coins, but most people have a passion for something."We are all custodians of our collection, which we enjoy for as long as we can before passing it on." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
BBC News
10-02-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Lord of the Rings coin collection to go on sale in Dorset
A large collection of modern commemorative coins are set to sell for more than £3,000. The privately owned collection from a deceased estate in Horsham, West Sussex will be sold at auction by Charterhouse Auctioneers, in Sherborne, Dorset, later this collection includes a large variety of silver and cupronickel coins ranging from year-proof coins sets to Lord of the Rings commemorative Richard Bromell said: "This coin collection is very special and attractive because of its link to history." This collection comes with plastic protective cases, boxes and associated paperwork and will be on sale on Thursday 27 Royal Mint has been issuing annual sets since Bromell explained that "everyone collects something, it might not be commemorative coins but most people have a passion for something".The auctioneer said he has seen people collect "far more unusual things than coins" and one of his clients liked to collect combine harvesters."We've even sold a collection of motorbikes which came all the way from Japan," he said. "We are all custodians of our collection, which we enjoy for as long as we can before passing it on," he said."Coins are easy to collect, quite simple to look after and don't take up much space."They are a wonderful thing to accumulate." You can follow BBC Dorset on Facebook, X, or Instagram.
