The Toronto Coin Expo 2018 Spring Sale is less than two months away, so that means everyone at Geoffrey Bell Auctions Ltd. has been busy with the final preparations to get the auction ready to be presented to the public. There are a number of notable numismatic collecting genres in this sale, such as a […]
Read more "Impressive Specimen Silver Dollars for Toronto Coin Expo"At Geoffrey Bell Auctions Ltd., 2018 will be off to an exciting start with the Paris Winter Sale February 3rd in Paris, Ontario. Shows in the dead of winter can be fun because that’s when most collectors are busy working on their material, so numismatics is at the forefront of everyone’s mind. All the I’s […]
Read more "Type II J.O.P. Dollar for the Paris Winter Sale"July 16th marked only the fourth anniversary of the passing of Alex Colville, one of Canada’s most celebrated artists and someone of absolute renown in Canadian numismatics for his designs on Canada’s centennial coinage. Among a large portion of today’s collectors, those designs were directly responsible for creating an interest in numismatics. Even though they’re […]
Read more "Alex Colville’s Coins"“The Emperor of Canadian Coins,” the “Holy Grail” for Canada – these are just a couple of the descriptions heard when discussing the remarkable 1911 Canada silver dollar and each of these monikers is deserved. Even with very deep pockets, this exceptionally rare coin is essentially impossible to own, which makes the 1911 Canada electrotype […]
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