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Coin Collector | 17 | www.allaboutcoins.co.uk World record prices were paid for many of the coins featured in the first sale of the John Follows collection of British Celtic coins, recently held by Chris Rudd. Amongst the highlights was a Cunobelinus Left Type gold stater, c. AD42-43, ABC 2804, which had been found near Finchingfield, Essex, in March 2012, and sold for £8,500. SOLD FOR £8,500 German auction house Künker have confirmed: ‘The coin market is stable despite Corona’ and recently picked out a selection of beautiful pieces that sold in their recent online auction. The Künker Spring Auction Sales took place in the middle of the height of the worldwide corona crisis leaving the auctioneers to worry how collectors would react. But according to the auction house the mood was positive and participation was high overall. One of the many highlights was a Johann Ulrich (1623-1634) double reichstaler of 1629, probably Prague, described as ‘Very rare. Very fine-extremely fine.’ SOLD FOR £28,866 Spink’s ‘behind closed doors’ sale saw 97% of the lots sell for over the pre-sale estimate, proving that the world of coin collecting is still very active despite the difficulties of Covid-19. Amongst the highlights was a Charles I (1625-49) Triple-Unite of 1643. Minted in Oxford during the English Civil War, the rare variety features a ‘more artistic portrait’ than other designs, according to coin expert Beresford-Jones writing in the 1950s. The coin features the Oxford plume on the obverse only. SOLD FOR £65,000 SEE MORE AUCTION RESULTS & PREVIEWS AT WWW.ALLABOUTCOINS.CO.UK The recent Spink sale also offered an Anglo-Frisian gold Solidus. In the style of Louis the Pious (c. 814- 840), the gold Solidus was dated c. 816-818 was described as being ‘an endearingly crude imitation of good fabric, a rare example of ninth century gold coinage closely associated with the fledgling ‘English’ economy, good very fine, albeit much as struck, and of numismatic importance.’ SOLD FOR £10,000 All prices include buyer’s premium unless otherwise stated