The Ken Elks Collection of British Coins
Ken Elks
Although perhaps better known for my interest in Roman coins and, latterly, 78th century tokens, the genesis of this collection of British coins was in the 7 9 70s, when I bought a mixed collection of coins just to get my hands on the Roman material contained in it. Although I had no real interest in British coins at that time, the whole collection did not stand me in for very much money, so they were retained and used for showing mostly young people about our numismatic history. Eventually they were put away in a cupboard and ignored for the best part of 20 years.
In 1996 I acquired access to the internet. One of the facilities offered was my own website so, for want of anything better, I decided to illustrate some of the coins in my collection, among them these British pieces. One thing led to another and I started to collect the coins for their own sake. Many of the better specimens were acquired from the late Patrick Finn, Baldwins and Granta Coins of Cambridge, the latter because I often had cause to visit Cambridge at weekends. Unfortunately my work in colleges from the 7 980s onwards largely precluded me from attending auctions, usually scheduled during term time.
The time has now come to relinquish this collection, partly to free up space in my cabinet and partly to enable me to return to my old love of collecting Roman coins. My website, on which many of the pieces here offered are illustrated, will continue.
Collection Information
This collection was sold on 30 April 2009.
Other Collections Sold in 2009
- The collection of Medals formed by the Late Clive Nowell
- Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin
- The Collection of Medals formed by the late John F. Goodwin
- Medals from the Collection of the late Eric Smith
- The Michael O’Bee Collection of Coins of the Corieltauvi
- The Paranumismatic Stock-In-Trade of the late Bryan Hennem
- The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger
- British Banknotes from the Collection of the Late Ray Harrod
- The Brian Ascroft Collection of Treasury Notes
- The Chris Morrison Collection of Ancient British Coins
- A Collection of Medals to the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment
- A Collection of Medals to Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiments
- A Collection of Great War Medals to Yeomanry Regiments
- A Collection of Medals to the 9th Lancers
- The Late Bruce C Cazel Collection of British Campaign Awards
- The Ken Elks Collection of British Coins
- West Country 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of David Sadler
- Birmingham Ephemera associated with the late W.J. Davis, the property of a Lady
- A Small Collection of Medals to H.M.S. Benbow
- A Collection of Proofs and Essays, the Property of a Gentleman
- British Pennies from the Collection of Robert Gray-Thompson
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