Spink set new English coin record with £400,000 for Double Leopard
There was nothing dull or predictable about the coin sale at Spink on June 29 when an expectant crowd gathered to witness the sale of one of the rarest of English Medieval coins: the gold Double Leopard florin of Edward III which was minted for only a few months in 1344.
There was a slight hesitation as an opening offer was invited at £100,000, but thereafter the biddin…