Gold coin set valuation

[Guest stuart]

I have a gold coin set with certificate dated 1940-1965 25th anniversary of Dunkirk

certificate says coin A) 105 grams 3.37 ozs coin 17.5 grams 0.56 ozs

London 1965 set number 285 of 500

issued by Slade Hampton and sons limited

I cannot find any referance to this striking nor any history behind the company.

I must admit I am not a collector and would in any case be looking in all the wrong places.

could anybody help me with this and a rough valuation

many thanks

Stuart Foulis

[Emperor Oli]

I have a gold coin set with certificate dated 1940-1965 25th anniversary of Dunkirk

certificate says coin A) 105 grams 3.37 ozs coin 17.5 grams 0.56 ozs

London 1965 set number 285 of 500

issued by Slade Hampton and sons limited

I cannot find any referance to this striking nor any history behind the company.

I must admit I am not a collector and would in any case be looking in all the wrong places.

could anybody help me with this and a rough valuation

many thanks

Stuart Foulis

What do the coins look like? Are they sovereigns with a monarch's head on (George VI or Elizabeth II)?

If not, which I think they won't be, then you could always sell them for bullion value. If they're solid gold, based on the amount of gold in them (3.93oz) then at approximate melt prices it's around £900. However, if they're plate you can forget that figure.

Best try and register and attach photos/scans.

[samf]

I have a gold coin set with certificate dated 1940-1965 25th anniversary of Dunkirk

certificate says coin A)metal 105 grams 3.37 ozs

coin B)metal 17.5 grams 0.56 ozs

other info coin A) about 5 or 6cm diameter

coin about 2.5 cm diameter

They From appearance seam to be proof strikings

Certificate dated London 1965

This is set number 285 of 500 sold as sets

issued by Slade Hampton and sons limited

I cannot find any referance to this striking nor any history behind the company.

I must admit I am not a collector and could in any case be looking in all the wrong places.

could anybody help me with this and a rough valuation

many thanks

Stuart Foulis

amended discriptions

[samf]

The large one has a picture of Winston Churchill I will take a photo and post these soon.

Thanks

Stuart

[samf]

here are the images I have

[samf]

and the back

[samf]

This is a copy of the cert that is enclosed

[Fionaharrison]

George Hampton of slade hpton was my father. I too am trying to find info about the company so would be very interested if you find anything out as I am trying to trace people he worked with etc.

[Peckris]

George Hampton of slade hpton was my father. I too am trying to find info about the company so would be very interested if you find anything out as I am trying to trace people he worked with etc.

Good luck with your search. Unfortunately, the two people who posted in this ancient topic are no longer around in this forum.

[DaveG38]

I'm assuming that you've tried to find the Chairman and Treasurer - looks like Cecil Douglas and Michael Gas? - who are named on the above certificate. If not them, (it was nearly 50 years ago) then their relatives, who may be able to help. Even if they are dead, it isn't difficult to get hold of the death certificates to see where they died and who reported the deaths. This may then give you a clue as to where any living relatives might be. From there the electoral roll will likely help you. After that it's a bit of luck.

If you need any help looking anything like this up then let me know, as I have full membership of findmypast.com and this gives me access to just about all their records. I've also done a good deal of research on my own family tree, but also for a few others, so I sort of know my way around the electronic material available online. Going to Kew or Companies House would be another matter for me!

Edited December 14, 2013 by DaveG38

[Accumulator]

I'm assuming that you've tried to find the Chairman and Treasurer - looks like Cecil Douglas and Michael Gas? - who are named on the above certificate. If not them, (it was nearly 50 years ago) then their relatives, who may be able to help. Even if they are dead, it isn't difficult to get hold of the death certificates to see where they died and who reported the deaths. This may then give you a clue as to where any living relatives might be. From there the electoral roll will likely help you. After that it's a bit of luck.

If you need any help looking anything like this up then let me know, as I have full membership of findmypast.com and this gives me access to just about all their records. I've also done a good deal of research on my own family tree, but also for a few others, so I sort of know my way around the electronic material available online. Going to Kew or Companies House would be another matter for me!

Like Dave, I've done quite a lot of genealogical research over the years. There's a fair amount to go with on the certificate. Lord Cecil Douglas was probably just employed as a figurehead to give the business 'legitimacy' (I mean that in the marketing sense, not in any way inferring that such a business wasn't legitimate!). He apparently died in the 1980s and was a member of the Marquess of Queensbury's family (famous for the rules of boxing). As mentioned in a previous thread, the National Archive (formerly the PRO - Public Record Office) at Kew holds some records relating to the company. You should follow up on those. Lots to get your teeth into!

[Coinery]

What about some help, then, with starting off on a family tree? I'd love to know the short-cuts and processes involved in achieving this? New thread to start! I think this is so closely linked to the psychology that makes us interested in historical coinage, he says, stating the obvious!

[Peckris]

I'm assuming that you've tried to find the Chairman and Treasurer - looks like Cecil Douglas and Michael Gas? - who are named on the above certificate. If not them, (it was nearly 50 years ago) then their relatives, who may be able to help. Even if they are dead, it isn't difficult to get hold of the death certificates to see where they died and who reported the deaths. This may then give you a clue as to where any living relatives might be. From there the electoral roll will likely help you. After that it's a bit of luck.

If you need any help looking anything like this up then let me know, as I have full membership of findmypast.com and this gives me access to just about all their records. I've also done a good deal of research on my own family tree, but also for a few others, so I sort of know my way around the electronic material available online. Going to Kew or Companies House would be another matter for me!

Like Dave, I've done quite a lot of genealogical research over the years. There's a fair amount to go with on the certificate. Lord Cecil Douglas was probably just employed as a figurehead to give the business 'legitimacy' (I mean that in the marketing sense, not in any way inferring that such a business wasn't legitimate!). He apparently died in the 1980s and was a member of the Marquess of Queensbury's family (famous for the rules of boxing). As mentioned in a previous thread, the National Archive (formerly the PRO - Public Record Office) at Kew holds some records relating to the company. You should follow up on those. Lots to get your teeth into!

..and infamous in connection with Oscar Wilde.

[Accumulator]

I'm assuming that you've tried to find the Chairman and Treasurer - looks like Cecil Douglas and Michael Gas? - who are named on the above certificate. If not them, (it was nearly 50 years ago) then their relatives, who may be able to help. Even if they are dead, it isn't difficult to get hold of the death certificates to see where they died and who reported the deaths. This may then give you a clue as to where any living relatives might be. From there the electoral roll will likely help you. After that it's a bit of luck.

If you need any help looking anything like this up then let me know, as I have full membership of findmypast.com and this gives me access to just about all their records. I've also done a good deal of research on my own family tree, but also for a few others, so I sort of know my way around the electronic material available online. Going to Kew or Companies House would be another matter for me!

Like Dave, I've done quite a lot of genealogical research over the years. There's a fair amount to go with on the certificate. Lord Cecil Douglas was probably just employed as a figurehead to give the business 'legitimacy' (I mean that in the marketing sense, not in any way inferring that such a business wasn't legitimate!). He apparently died in the 1980s and was a member of the Marquess of Queensbury's family (famous for the rules of boxing). As mentioned in a previous thread, the National Archive (formerly the PRO - Public Record Office) at Kew holds some records relating to the company. You should follow up on those. Lots to get your teeth into!

..and infamous in connection with Oscar Wilde.

Indeed! Hopefully 'FionaHarrison' will return to let us know what they discover?