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Does anybody collects Celtic coins? Scrolling through the topics, I didn't find any about Celtic coins. Hmm...  , strange. Edited by turtleoverhead
07/25/2010 03:10 am
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I have four Celtic proper and two Celtiberian.  Does that count? Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Does that count?  Yes, you just squeezed through, you may stay in The Coin Community.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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The best dealer on the planet that I know of is Elizabeth Cottam (Liz), of Chris Rudd, of Aylsham in Norfolk, Great Britain, The website is https://www.celticcoins.com |
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The best dealer on the planet that I know of is Elizabeth Cottam (Liz) I was selling some gold Celtic coin a couple of months ago and contacted her, she offered me less then scrap gold price.  |
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United States
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Chris Rudd is probably the foremost dealer specializing in them. Most other auction firms have them. The nice thing about Celtic coins is that they are usually listed first in the greek section! The bad thing is lack of good books. Most are hard to find.
Daphne Nash printed one still in print that could get you started if you wished. I do like my celtic coins, just wished I had more. I like their artistry.
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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My personal book reference on Celtic coinage is:
The Coinage of Ancient Britain by Commander R.P. Mack,
joint publishers Spink & son Ltd / B.A. Seaby Ltd London , third ed., 1975.
It has 234 pages, 35 plates at the back of the book, and 19 maps of hoard find sites, which also delineate the various tribal regions of the ancient Britons.
There is a brief general history of the the coinage of Celtic Britain of 30 or so pages, and a description of the history of the various tribal areas and their coins over 140 pages.
There is also a useful bibliography at the end of the book.
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Ya,there is very little info on those types of coins.It is my understanding that it is largly due to these people being much more tribal and technologically way behind the Greek and Roman minters,even though they came later in history.Rare stuff.
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technologically?....Thats not a word!lololol
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Canada
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Hi, I recently picked up a few Celtic Britian Potins from the 1st century BC. I currently am in the process of taking pictures for my inventory. I'll post the pics when I am done. The answer to your question ... yes. I collect most ancient coins with a lean towards Roman Imperial.
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