Alliance Coin sponsors a team in the 2018 Mongol Rally

We’re really delighted to be sponsoring one of the young and crazy teams taking part in this year’s Mongol Rally. This motoring event, which lasts all summer, sees 200+ teams drive ludicrous and ludicrously under powered cars from western Europe to Ulan Ude, Russia (some 25,000km), raising money for charity on the way. All teams raise funds for Cool Earth, as well as charities important to the individual teams.

Team Shenlong is made up of four great guys: Oliver Barber (from Almonte, our local rep on the team!), Markus (German), Grayson and Seth (both Canadian). They’ve identified three additional charities that their fundraising goal will support:

• Streetkids International e.V.
• Taiwan Fund for Children and Families
• British Columbia Schizophrenia Society

They’ve promised to keep an eye out for cool coinage on their route, of course!

If you’re interested to follow along, here are the coordinates for Team Shenlong:

https://www.facebook.com/teamshenlong/
http://teamshenlong.com/

Auction 2018 an enjoyable success!

On June 10^th, 2018 we held our second live public coin auction, once again from the floor of Almonte’s venerable Old Town Hall.

With 52 registered bidders and an overall sell rate of approximately 90%, this offering of more than 600 diverse lots attracted a good crowd, and by all accounts, an enjoyable time was had by all.

Auction Catalogue

Highlights of our sale included a lovely “Queen Mary” Five Dollar note of 1924, which sold for $6,000 in spirited bidding, while the nod for “most active lot” went to a very scarce 1939 Royal Visit presentation medal to a member of the Queen’s R.C.M.P. escort, which also included an excessively rare embossed luncheon napkin from the visit. With a pre-sale estimate of $150, this historically significant pair of items found a new home at $450.

Our sincere thanks go out to all who participated in our sale, as well as to David Giles for once again serving as our auctioneer, and to Foil Media for their fine work in designing our online auction template and print-catalogue production interface.

We look forward to hosting our third sale in 2019, and will strive to have our printed catalogues available in much better timing.

An Unprecedented Silver Offering!

We are delighted to announce our acquisition of the largest inventory of pure Silver bars in the 18-year history of Alliance Coin & Banknote.

Goliath

Weighing in at 280 pounds, this superb inventory features an excellent variety of investment material, including One, Ten, Fifty and One Hundred ounce bars, together with “Goliath” – the most remarkable 1,000 oz bar I have seen in all my years of dealing.

Also available are several hundred pristine Silver rounds, including almost 200 fresh Silver United States Eagles.

We will be offering this material, first-come, first-serve, at prices less than our normal replacement costs.

Starting this Friday, July 13th, 2018 don’t miss this unprecedented opportunity to stock up on investment Silver from this remarkable $100,000 inventory.

Contact Alliance Coin & Banknote

Last Chance for a Sneak Peek of our Live Auction items

We have just added another couple of rounds of pictures to the website today, and this is your last chance for a sneak peek before tomorrow’s Live Auction! All 620 lots are available on our website and we’ve received many advance bids (which you can view on the site).

Click here to view all 620 lots for tomorrow’s Live Auction

Please note: It’s a delightfully busy time in our town and the weather is glorious. Make sure you arrive a few minutes early to ensure a good parking spot.

Live Auction

Sunday, June 10th, 2018
10am start | 12-1pm lunch | Auction will end when we’re done!
Almonte Old Town Hall – Main Concert Hall
14 Bridge Street, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0

Live Auction – Online & Open for Advance Bidding

All 620 lots for our rapidly approaching Live Auction are now available on our website, many with pictures (which we continue to add), and we are inviting advance bids.

Click here to preview of selected auction highlights on our website. You can also review Terms of Sale, etc. on the site.

Please note: print catalogues will only be available on the day of the Auction.

We have a rough plan of 10am to 3pm, but in reality we may end quite a bit earlier. If you are serious about one or more items, we really recommend arriving earlier. The lunch break at 12 is a great time to stroll around the town and grab a bite to eat at one of the many fine eateries.

Live Auction
Sunday, June 10th, 2018
10am start | 12-1pm lunch | Auction will end when we’re done!
Almonte Old Town Hall – Main Concert Hall
14 Bridge Street, Almonte, ON K0A 1A0

 

We look forward to seeing you this coming weekend!

Live Auction preview working fully now!

Some of you will have experienced issues with accessing the auction preview at times over the last two days. I apologize for the inconvenience and am writing now to assure you that all is fixed. We encountered some unexpected performance issues, and our website developer has implemented some changes that have remedied this!

Click here to preview of selected auction highlights on our website, which will continue to expand as we move towards final completion of sale preparations.

Please note that the complete auction inventory will be available online from next Wednesday, and that print catalogues will not be available until the day of the Auction.

Additionally, we invite our local customers to visit us for a preliminary viewing of available lots, this coming weekend. Alliance Coin & Banknote will be open both Saturday (10-4pm) and Sunday (10-5pm), for your viewing pleasure.

Live Auction: Sunday, June 10th, 2018

Selected items online for preview: Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

Live Preview In-store: Saturday, June 2nd (10-4) & Sunday, June 3rd, 2018 (10-5)

2018 Annual Live Coin Auction

I am delighted to report that we continue to steam ahead with preparations for our second annual Alliance Coin & Banknote live public auction, to be held in the Almonte Old Town Hall on Sunday June 10^th.

The sale will begin at 10:00 am, with a one-hour break for lunch at noon, before continuing at 1:00 pm.

This will be a very diverse sale of 500+ lots, representing virtually every area of the coin, banknote, medal and token fields, as well as some truly unusual items in our “Artifacts,  Collectibles & Bulk Lots” category. With estimates ranging from $10 into the thousands, there will be something offered for every collecting level and budget.

Please note that due to the unfortunate delayed receipt of some important Canadian material, printed sale catalogues will not be available until the actual weekend of the auction. Fortunately, however, complete listings will be available for both viewing and advance bidding on our website by mid-week prior to the auction, once we are able to complete the catalogue and assign final lot numbers.  We do sincerely apologize for the resulting very tight timing, but remain confident you will find it worth the wait.

Beginning this Tuesday the 29^th, we are delighted to begin featuring a preview of selected auction highlights on our website, which will continue to expand as we move towards final completion of sale preparations.

Additionally, we invite our local customers to visit us for a preliminary viewing of available lots, this coming weekend.  Alliance Coin & Banknote will be open both Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 to 5:00, for your viewing pleasure.

Live Auction: Sunday, June 10th, 2018

Selected items online for preview: Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

Live Preview In-store: Saturday, June 2nd & Sunday, June 3rd, 2018

 

As always, my family, staff and I warmly thank you for your continued patronage, and I look forward to your participation in our impending public sale!

Sincerely,

Sean Isaacs