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by nearly 10%,” says Richard Lewis. “To coincide, thesaleroom.com saw a sale of one of these new £5 notes, with an AA01 serial number, sell for £4,150 at a Spink charity auction on 3rd October 2016. There has also been a 326% rise in searches on our website for the ‘British Banknote’.” It is often said that assets from history


endure the test of time, and when interest rates are low, or even plain stagnant, it can often be more interesting and profi table to invest in something that you not only have a personal interest in, but that has some history attached. Coins and stamps have been a collector’s item for centuries, and to this day still remain a huge part of the collecting and investment market. “Over the past 10 years,


the value of the Stanley Gibbons 250 Index, which charts the price of Britain’s top investment-grade stamps, has risen by 133.5%, a compound annual growth rate of 8.8%,” says Heddle. “During the financial


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10 years, with the best performing coin, a 1663 Charles II Gold Guinea, increasing in price from £6,250-£55,000.” With the number of wealthy people in the


world growing, demand for sophisticated, cultural assets, from fi ne art and wine, to classic cars, stamps and coins is growing too. Data from from the Knight Frank Wealth


Report 2017, shows the number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI), defi ned as people with US $30m or more in net assets, rising by 6,340 last year, while the number billionaires in the world has grown by 45% over the past decade. Over the next 10 years the number of ultra-


wealthy people in the world is expected to grow by 43%, although growth rates in


diff erent regions vary vastly, with 91% of growth expected in Asia compared to 12% in Europe. “Personal enjoyment is a key


Stamps have


factor for luxury investments, followed by potential wealth preservation and for an increase in capital over time,” says Heddle. “However, attitudes to investment vary around the world. In Europe, UHNWIs ranked intellectual curiosity and the possibility of developing expertise in an area, as highly as the potential for an increase in capital values. Diversifi cation of investment portfolios was more important for UHNWIs in Africa, while the possibility of an asset being a safe


Crash, when most asset classes took a hammering, the index rose by 17.7% and it has never dropped. “At the same time, the GB200 Rare Coins


Index, which tracks the retail price of 200 British, investment-grade coins, rose by 6%. This index has grown 194.9% over the past


It is often said that assets from history endure the test of time


The Penny Black was the world’s fi rst adhesive postage stamp


remained stable investments


haven for capital was the least important factor for UHWNIs in Australasia.” Mr Heddle believes the modern entrepreneurial mind- set often sees ‘alternative’ investments as perfectly normal, appealing and reassuring. “There is


something very reassuring about assets


that have endured the test of time, from rare stamps of the British Empire, to rare coins that go back to the days of the Roman Empire,” he says. “The Empires no longer exist – but the items they left behind, that we treasure today, remind us of their value to culture and to shaping the world as we know it.”


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