vol. Autumn, Issue #46

Auction Catalogue: Spink: Spink presents Insider

Lights, Camera, Action - Film Posters; Rhodesia 1913-24 the admiral issue; coin finds in Italian churches; the Caroe family collection; banknotes of German East Africa; British Celtic coins: art of imitation?; Oxford and its private banks;

Plot

Autumn 2023
CONTENTS
2 A Word From Our Director
6 London News
12 The Man Behind the Medal by Robert Wilde-Evans
20 Forthcoming Sales
42 Houdini and Chung Ling Soo — Magicians Extraordinaire by Emma Howard
50 Oxford and its Private Banks by Jonathan Callaway
60 Why do Coins Fascinate Me? by Jacob Hart, aged 8
62 Banknotes of German East Africa: a Truly Authentic Collection by Henry Bishop
66 The Nineteenth Century UK Bicycle/Infant Motor Industry Investment 'Bubbles' by the late John Batten
72 Art or Imitation? The Case for Collecting British Celtic Coins by Dr Tim Wright
78 The Many Sides of Coins: Finds in Italian Churches by Monica Baldassarri
88 Coinage in the 'Land Of The Dragon': the 'Innumerable' Deb Rupees Of Bhutan by L Alfred Deahl
92 The Hare and the Wolf by Annabel Schooling
98 Spink, Frank Bowcher and Coronation Medals by Philip Attwood
102 Fake News: Trump's Favourite Phrase is Old News! by Shawn Caza
106 Insider Travel: Ypres