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.
As promised in our June newsletter we have an online auction. Closing date is from 12 noon BST on MB110 22 July 2025 – mainly medals all series. With over 200 lots it’s a mixed bag, a sort of ‘yard sale’ with some seriously rare and gorgeous art medals. One example is the Bucolique pictured here from the mid century French medal collectors series SFAM. No SAMFs – they’ve gone but this series, all cast medals, is even rarer.
The auction has lots of British historical medals, BAMS art medals, contemporary art medals, Renaissance medals and quirky commemoratives. Also masses of French medals as made by the Monnaie de Paris including their reproductions of rare ancient Greek and Roman coins, medieval French and seal types . These are all offered at a fraction of the price you’d have to pay originally.
There is NO BUYER’S PREMIUM!!! All bids are proxy so you only pay an increment over your nearest rival or if there are no other bidders, you pay the start price.
We have added lots of fixed price items for you to buy on this website, including almost about two dozen medals on a medical theme. Search medecine in the search bar above. There are also a few listings of fixed price medals – click on the underlined following passages: updated Easter offering of medals, tickets, passes and other cool stuff – download here . Also some French and Czech fencing medals (found after attending a really interesting lecture at BAMS!) Just email us via the contact page if you’d like to buy and we’ll send you an invoice so that you can pay in the usual manner.
We’re hoping to take some time off over the summer (Granny and Grandpa stuff!) so don’t worry if we don’t respond immediately. We aim to get back to you within a week at most.
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Latest News
- MB110 Medal auction July 22 2025
Of medals, copies and reproductions 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… 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
- Announcing a birth, 18th century style – an update
Queen Anne 1709 shilling engraved Sarah Cowdrey Jany. Ye 10 1766, obverse engraved LS, price £75 (CA137) Update: Further information from David Powell on this coin for you. We now know for certain that Sarah was born on 10 January 1766, daughter of William and Mary Cowdrey and baptised in… Read More »Announcing a birth, 18th century style – an update
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