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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DonnaML, post: 8301304, member: 110350&quot;]Wow, [USER=76733]@Kiaora[/USER], thank you so much! There&#039;s no doubt now that these are the same coins I bought.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am amazed that you turned out to have all three issues that [USER=100445]@Michael Stolt[/USER] and I were collectively seeking. I can&#039;t imagine that they were your only three; that would be too much of a coincidence! But do you have a long run for a number of years, or just a handful?</p><p><br /></p><p>I could have sworn that I had some old issues of the Spink Numismatic Circular myself from as far back as 1986, when I thought I bought a few at a coin store when I was in London that summer. But I can&#039;t find them, so maybe I&#039;m wrong, because usually I keep that kind of thing in a particular box. I did find 14 issues from 1999-2001, when I was a subscriber for a while (for their listings of and articles about British coins). I would be happy to consult them for anyone who needs to see if a reference to a coin supposedly listed in them is accurate. I have the following issues:</p><p><br /></p><p>1999 (10 issues published per year): May, September, October, November, December.</p><p><br /></p><p>2000 (6 issues published per year): February, April, June, August, October, December.</p><p><br /></p><p>2001 (6 issues published per year): February, April, June.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also still have a stack of Spink auction catalogs from the same period that Spink sent to me in the mail. I don&#039;t know which ones are online.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, here&#039;s a direct link to the list of issues online: <a href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/528776" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/528776" rel="nofollow">https://nnp.wustl.edu/library/publisherdetail/528776</a>.&nbsp; The ones online go up only to 1988. I have only one issue myself, from March/April 2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the Spink Numismatic Circular, I was entertained by this advertisement that appears on the back cover of every issue I have beginning in April 2000:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1468594[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t think Spink had online auctions already that far back, just online retail sales. I specifically recall that when I bought my &quot;Surrender of Napoleon&quot; silver medal (Mudie No. 37, Spink Auction 136, Oct. 7, 1999, Lot 992), which I&#039;ve posted on Coin Talk a number of times -- including in the current &quot;Titanic&quot; anniversary thread -- I sent in my bid by mail.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do know that for a while around that time Sothebys was doing both online coin auctions and retail sales through Amazon; see <a href="https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sothebyscom-and-sothebysamazoncom-will-combine-create-single" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sothebyscom-and-sothebysamazoncom-will-combine-create-single" rel="nofollow">https://press.aboutamazon.com/news-releases/news-release-details/sothebyscom-and-sothebysamazoncom-will-combine-create-single</a>. I know I bought some British coins and medals that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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