Author: nickjohnschofield
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May 2026 RCA Update
Welcome to our May update! The main action over the last month has been to close down our eBay rcacoins listing and instead set up a SPECIALS page on the RCA website. As the name suggests, SPECIALS are discounted coins, primarily coins that are duplicates. We are happy to sell these at 10-50% below our…
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April 2026 RCA Update
Welcome to our April newsletter! Over March we have focused on expanding our offering on eBay- you can find us under RCAcoins or rcacoins. We are initially focusing on duplicates and less expensive coins that are not usually featured on our RCA website. We currently have 80+ coins on eBay and periodically reduce prices to…
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March 2026 RCA Update
Welcome to our March monthly update! In February we completed our RCA full catalogue of coins which is currently available on request from rarecoinsaustralia@gmail.com. It will be accessible through our website soon. A new initiative is to sell our coins through eBay with the aim of reaching a larger audience. In February we posted 15…
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RCA February 2026 Update
Welcome to this month’s update! Over January we completed our stocktake and updated our website accordingly. We also introduced our first sale items- up to 20% off Standard Catalogue prices! We have also sourced some new English coins which will be added to our website in February. This continues our strategy to offer more high…
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January 2026 RCA Update
Welcome to the New Year and hopefully a great one for your coin collecting! At RCA we look forward to continuing our focus on building our offerings in quality English and Roman coins. Over the last month we have added 15 interesting and rare Roman coins as well as a beautiful 1653 Commonwealth Gold Unite,…
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December 2025 RCA Update
As 2025 draws to a close it’s interesting to reflect on the past year. Most notable has been the massive and sudden increase in the value of gold (up around 60%) and silver (up nearly 80%). These substantial increases have reflected in the value of gold and silver coins – for example a gold sovereign…
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November 2025 RCA Update
Welcome to our latest monthly update! I have just returned from 2 months in the UK as mentioned in the previous post. On analysing the offering of English coins in the UK before departure I noted a shrinking availability of quality coins via the main coin dealers. Whether this is part of a trend or…
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October 2025 RCA Update
Welcome to our October update from the UK! At this specific time there are few options in Australia for purchasing new high quality English and Roman coins to sell through RCA. There is simply a limited number of coins available. Hence I am in the UK for 2 months checking on what is available here.…
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September 2025 RCA Update
Welcome to our September update! During August we added 9 Roman and 2 English coins of great interest. The two English coins were a 1723SSC shilling and 1700 halfcrown – both better than extremely fine condition. The nine Roman coins were also of superior quality and grade, some in choice condition. We also added more…
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August 2025 RCA Udate
Welcome to our August update! Over the last month we have again been focusing on our Roman offering. The coins shown on the website are now separated into three periods: Republic, Imperatorial (transition period), and Imperial or Empire. For the Republic we now have 43 coins on display, each presented with photos and more detailed…