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Its hard to believe that summer is now in the rear-view mirror, and that the tinkle of Christmas carols won’t be too far down the road. What a good year this has been for the hobby, with some robust show attendance and some very fine material coming up for sale through our various auction houses
At Alliance Coin & Banknote we are especially pleased to have introduced a new inventory of Roman artifacts last month. These include both glass perfume bottles and assorted bronze buckles and rings, the result of a fortunate purchase from a long-time antiquities dealer we last dealt with in the 1990s. We invite our local clients…
2024 marks the centennial of the Royal Canadian Air Force, and on this theme we have chosen to highlight two Royal Canadian Mint issues – one new, the other not – as our numismatic picks of the month. The 1990 Lancaster Bomber Arguably the most popular of the 20 different sterling silver coins issued as…
Alliance Coin Auctions is delighted to announce the launch of our Spring auction sale, live on the icollector.com website. With 500 diverse lots from all areas of inventory, we are confident you will find something for every collecting taste. How to Participate: Register with icollector, and place your advance bids until Friday April 26th. Join…
After a truly unprecedented year in which no portrait coinage of our new monarch continues to circulate in Canada well over a year since the passing of our beloved Queen – punctuated by the bizarre release this month of a 2022-dated uncirculated set featuring the continued portraits of Queen Elizabeth – both the collector and…
Please join us on Saturday, December 2nd for a slice of cake, and browse through our first batch of newly-released inventory. All Supplies & References – 20% off Canada 1 oz Silver Maple Leafs - $36 each (compare at $38-40!)Thank you for your continued patronage, as we quietly mark 35 years in the Coin Business.
We’re opening our vaults wide and offering fresh Silver Maple Leafs at the lowest price in Canada! Prices $36. eachTubes of 25 - $900Boxes of 500 - $18,000 Compare at:Border Gold - $37.50Silver-Gold Bull - $40.75AU Bullion - $38.00 Terms of sale Offer consists of original prior-year rolls (2008, 2012, etc.). Offer valid from Friday…
Our Silver Bullion inventory is bursting after a major purchase, and we have decided to offer our first ever Weekend Silver Blow-out! 48 Hours Only! We offer the following products, while inventory lasts, at the guaranteed lowest listed price in Canada. 1 oz Bars (assorted) $35.10 oz Bars (assorted) $340.100 oz Bars (struck JM/Engelhard) $3,300.1…
I am delighted to announce the launch of our Toronto Coin Expo Auction Sale for Alliance Coin & Banknote, open for advance viewing and bidding, prior to the live sale conducted on our iCollector site beginning at 5:30 on Thursday, September 28th. Three Easy Ways to Participate! In advance, by signing up on the iCollector…
Please note that we’ve had to push our re-opening back a day, to Thursday, August 3rd. Although roadworks are ongoing in the downtown core, Mill Street is now largely done and more functional. We look forward to seeing you in our Almonte showroom or chatting to you over the phone starting August 3rd. Best wishes,Sean…
Come see us the final day before our travels, this Saturday July 8th and let us thank you for your patronage with a one day “Flash Sale”! We will be offering: 25% off all Supplies & References 20% off all 2021 and Prior Royal Canadian Mint Products 10% off all 2023 & 2023 Royal Canadian…
Those of us keenly anticipating the release of Canada’s first King Charles coinage will now be left very much in the cold. In a genuinely unprecedented development, official word has quietly come down from the Royal Canadian Mint that no 2023-dated coinage will bear the portrait of the new King. The first hint of a bureaucratic…
Although almost three months away, we continue to work feverishly in building our September 28th live auction sale. Hosted once again on the iCollector platform, the sale will be conducted live from the Toronto Coin Expo, with an expected offering of 550 to 600 lots. We have already been entrusted with some very cool consignments,…
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…
We are delighted to announce the 2023 Mississippi Mills Bicentennial Token, a 39mm Ten Dollar issue marking the 1823 founding of what would become Almonte, Pakenham and Ramsey, and later Mississippi Mills. The locally-designed reverse panorama pays tribute to the historical evolution of our community, from the earliest days of the weaving industry, powered by…
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. Call or email today to reserve your…
Our November Coins & Strings open house at Alliance Coin & Banknote – our first in three years – saw the astounding attendance of more than 150 guests, due in no small part to our friends at the Royal Canadian Mint who conducted a coin exchange at the event. Here we share some photos from…
We are delighted to announce here – after much careful thought – the first holding of our famed Boxing Week Blow-Out sale since 2019, details to be found below. We invite all our local customers to come join us for this event, which will once again offer the deepest store-wide discounts in the coin business!…
Bullion prices are rapidly escalating! Take advantage of unbeatable pricing on our excellent stock of the most popular silver bullion Coins & Bars, while they last! Available this Sunday December 12th at the Ottawa Coin Show, Westboro Legion Hall, Richmond Road near Churchill Avenue. From 9am to 2pm. Payment accepted by cash and email transfer.…
The Puppets Up! international Puppet Festival returns to Almonte this coming weekend, for the first time in six years! Featuring performers from Iceland, Indonesia, and the United States among others, together with street performers and our renowned “Puppet Parade”, the 2022 festival promises to be bigger and better than ever. I am especially pleased to…
Our September 29th auction sale, held at the Toronto Coin Expo, saw just over 100 successful bidders take part in our offering of more than 400 diverse lots of coins, medals, banknotes and tokens via the iCollector platform. Although small, our first on-floor audience at the Toronto Reference Library added to the vibrancy of the…
We are thrilled to introduce our new Alliance Coin & Banknote patch, custom-sewn in Canada. Available at our cost of just $5.00 in-store, or $7.00 post-paid. Visit us in-store at any point in the future, show us your Alliance patch on any piece of clothing, and received 5% off any current-year Mint product purchase, or…
We are very pleased to once again be co-hosting the 2022 Toronto Coin Expo fall auction sale with our partners at Geoffrey Bell Auctions. Mark these dates! Alliance Coin & Banknote will be conducting session I of the sale, scheduled for the evening of Thursday September 29th. All lots will be available for advance bidding…
We are delighted to announce our second major auction sale, to be conducted live on iCollector on Friday, May 13th. A quality sale of approximately 500 diverse lots of coins, medals, and banknotes. Details to follow in the coming weeks! Highlights to be included, thus far: A scarce Hudson’ Bay Long Service Medal in GoldA…
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. British Royal Mint Coins available at Alliance Coin…
Our Session I of the Toronto Coin Expo auction sale is now up and running on iCollector! Browse our diverse offering of some 500 Coins, Medals, Banknotes, and Tokens until the live sale on September 29th at 5:30 pm. Advance bids can be placed either directly through the auction website, or by contacting us at…
With less than 24 hours remaining before our Friday the 13th sale goes live on iCollector, we remind you to join us at 5:00m tomorrow for the main event! Below we share four more teasers. With 400 lots of diverse Coins, Medals Banknotes, and Tokens being offered there is something for everyone in our sale! …
Alliance Coin Auctions is delighted to announce that our next auction sale is now live on iCollector! Offering 400 diverse lots of Coins, Medals, Banknotes and Tokens, advance bidding is available until the beginning of our live internet sale, scheduled for 5:00 pm on Friday, May 13th. Two Ways to Participate! In advance, either directly…