The Sanders Collection of Early Milled Coins

Foreword

The collection was started by Peter Sanders in the 1940s and was later added to by his son Robin Sanders. It is not known what prompted Peter Sanders to start collecting coins, but his father owned a chain of jewellery shops (James Walker Ltd) so perhaps he would have come into contact with coin dealers through the business. His initial focus was on the milled coinage of Elizabeth I, and he wrote a short note on the subject, ‘The Milled Silver Coins of Elizabeth’ (SNC August-September 1949, pp.410-411). However, the scope of the collection soon expanded to include other areas, such as Nicholas Briot’s milled coinage of Charles I, the Civil War coinage of the York mint, and the Scottish coinage of Charles I. Peter Sanders bought extensively from the three main London dealerships: Baldwin, Spink, and Seaby (from the latter he obtained numerous coins from the Raymond Carlyon-Britton Collection); and also from many of the important auctions of the 1950s, including Lockett, Raynes, Ryan and Farquhar.