Category Archives: Coin Collecting

Our next Odd & Curious Sale is on iCollector

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A special auction announcement


We are delighted to announce that our next “Odd & Curious” sale is now live on iCollector, with a closing date of Saturday, March 18th.
 

Our Sale

Almost 500 diverse lots of Coins, Banknotes, Medals and Tokens are up for bidding, with a reduced Buyer’s Premium of just 10% on all hammer prices.

How it Works

Lot Settlement/Pickup


Successful bidders are welcome to have their invoices settled directly through iCollector, using their registered cards, or by Cash, Email Transfer, or Debit when picked up here in Almonte.

Lots may also be picked up, by appointment, at Chris Green Stamps in Ottawa, or at the April 9th Ottawa Coin Show, held at the Westboro Legion on Richmond Road.

All lots will otherwise be shipped through Canada Post, and we request your patience as we work to get all packages out as quickly as possible.

A note on images: please note we are continuing to work on remaining images over the next few days, so please check back regularly if the images for your lots of interest have yet to appear.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have, and we wish you success in our current sale!

Featured lots

We have so many lots available, and these four are a wonderful set of highlights for the sale:

A remarkable Edwardian Horse Hoof Sterling Inkwell
Early Pocket Watch Chain with Rare Carson City Quarter Eagle
A Desirable “Simpsons” Tuvalu 2 Dollars 2019 Silver Proof
A Scarce & Early Toronto Standard Fuel Co. Encased 1900 Cent

Announcing the Queen Elizabeth Memorial Coinage

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We are pleased to offer a very limited supply of the new Queen Elizabeth Memorial Coinage, just released by the Royal Canadian Mint. Each with a unique set of four conjoined portraits of the Queen on obverse, representing the different effigies that have appeared on Canadian coinage since 1953.

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Introducing the First Coinage of the Reign of King Charles

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The British Royal Mint has officially unveiled a series of memorial coinage featuring their first obverse portrait of King Charles III. We have been fortunate in securing a very limited supply of these coins, with expected delivery in the coming weeks, and are now accepting advance orders.

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Marathon Expo Sale a Resounding Success

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As the dust finally settled from our September 30th live auction sale, held in partnership with Geoffrey Bell Auctions and the Toronto Coin Expo, it revealed itself to be a notable moment in the 20-year history of Alliance Coin & Banknote.

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December Special: A 50 Trillion Dollar Bank Note!

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We have been fortunate in acquiring a small supply of the awesome Zimbabwe 50 Trillion Dollar Banknotes of 2008 – one of the world’s greatest inflationary issues!

We offer UNC examples, selling elsewhere at $50 or more, at just $19.95.

Available while they last at Alliance Coin & Banknote.

September Online Auction Update!

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We’re super-excited to share our session of the impending Toronto Coin Expo sale with our customers, and apologize that due to a few technical issues getting launched with the iCollector platform, we are running a few days late.

Currently, we hope to have the full sale launched by the weekend, and continue to prepare the lot images in batches.

Updated to add: the auction is now live!

Online Auction Link
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