private company founded 1666 founder john spink headquarters 69 southampton row london . london divisions spink china spink singapore spink switzerland spink uk spink usa website www.spink.com spink staff at autumn stampex 2015 . spink offices in southampton row . copy of the spink circular from 2014 spink s pre decimal and decimal coins of england publications from 2016 silver medal issued by spink to celebrate their 350th anniversary . spink & son established 1666 are an auction and collectibles company known principally for their sales of coins banknotes stock and bond certificates and medals . they also deal in philatelic items wine and spirits and other collectible items . contents 1 history 2 publishing 3 people 4 references 5 external links history edit john spink founded a goldsmith s and pawnbroker s business near lombard street london in 1666 . the great fire of london caused a temporary relocation before spink returned to the rebuilt lombard street . in 1770 the firm moved to 2 gracechurch street where they traded in jewellery and coins . the firm of spink and son was established in 1666 . 1 in the 1850s spink started to deal in oriental art and in the 1880s they bought the soho mint and began to design and manufacture medals . 1 on 17 september 2016 the company is celebrating 350 years in business and issued commemorative proof 1 oz . silver 1 666 issued and gold 66 issued medals specially struck to celebrate the occasion . they were designed by the lucky zhao studio . the concept idea was created by rocky zhao who is a chinese coin and medal artist who designed the 2014 2016 chinese panda coins . publishing edit the company published the numismatic circular from 1892 until 2014 when it was discontinued in favour of a quarterly coin auction format for selling coins . it was the oldest continually published coin and medal catalogue . 1 in 1996 spink acquired the seaby imprint publishers of the seaby coin & medal bulletin . spink is particularly well known for its annual coins of england price guide and handbook the 50th edition of which was published in 2015 . from 2015 onwards the decimal section coins struck from 1971 onwards was removed and included into a separate publication whilst the coins of england book remains and references coins up until 1968 . people edit the current chairman and ceo is olivier d. stocker . 2 references edit a b c our history . spink & son . retrieved 25 september 2015 . olivier d. stocker chairman & ceo . spink & son . retrieved 25 september 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to spink & son . silver forums at 925 1000 . com . 925 1000 . com . retrieved 25 september 2015 . this article about a company of the uk is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title spink % 26 son & oldid 739567191 categories companies established in 1666numismaticsauction housescompanies based in camdenstamp dealersphilatelic auctioneersbritish royal warrant holders1666 establishments in englandunited kingdom company stubshidden categories commons category with local link same as on wikidataall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 15 september 2016 at 13 14 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view