Ian Goldbart

Managing Director

Ian Goldbart is A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd’s Managing Director. He played an instrumental role in bringing Noble Investments (UK) PLC and A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. together in 2004 and integrating the two businesses in Baldwin’s premises at 11 Adelphi Terrace. Since then, he has skilfully managed the expansion and diversification of the group into other areas of the collectibles industry. Previously a stockbroker Ian has been a passionate collector of English coins for more than 25 years.

Edward Baldwin

Chairman

EDWARD BALDWIN is the longest standing member of the current Baldwin’s team, joining A.H. Baldwin in 1970 after graduating from Edinburgh University where he studied modern languages, ancient history and archaeology. He founded Baldwin’s auction business in 1993 and has been responsible for collating the legendary Baldwin’s library which comprises thousands of reference books and catalogues. His specific area of interest is in European coinage and coins of the Far East, notably those of Russia, former British colonies, and coins of the Orient, but he has a great wealth of knowledge in all areas of Numismatics. Edward is a member of the Royal Numismatic Society, the British Numismatic Society and the Russian Numismatic Society.

Seth Freeman

Director

SETH FREEMAN joined Baldwins in 1996 after graduating from Southampton University with a degree in History. He has since become a director of the company and runs Baldwin’s auction department. Seth has been instrumental in building alliances with partners internationally that have enabled Baldwin’s to stage regular events in London, New York, Hong Kong, Singapore and Dubai. He is the current treasurer for the BNTA (British Numismatic Trade Association) council through which he campaigns to bring greater awareness of the British numismatic industry. His specialist numismatic knowledge is in banknotes and British trade tokens.

Dimitri Loulakakis OSJ (Malta)

Director

DIMITRI LOULAKAKIS is a director of A. H. Baldwin & Sons and a key member of the numismatic team, bringing over 50 years of experience and a wealth of professional contacts as a coin dealer to the company. He is a consultant and buyer for the National Greek Numismatic Museum and the Greek Ministry of Culture. His expertise ranges from Ancient to English and European coins and medals and he is considered a world authority on the modern Greek coinage as well as on English milled gold and silver coins.

Stephen Hill

Director

STEPHEN HILL joined A. H. Baldwin & Sons as a company Director in September 2005 having worked in the numismatic industry since he left school aged sixteen. He is a well regarded and respected numismatist with a worldwide reputation for his skill at cataloguing and valuing coins. He is a member (and former council member) of the British Numismatic Society, the American Numismatic Association, and regional numismatic societies in Ireland and Yorkshire. Since Stephen joined the staff, a programme of regular retail sales lists has commenced as well as an improved online shop at the company website. Stephen also travels extensively for the company to shows and auctions worldwide trying to locate good material to offer to clients; He specialises in English, Scottish and Irish milled and hammered coins and has a good general knowledge of many other areas. Additionally he has dealt in tokens and commemorative medals in the last decade of the 20th Century.

Paul Hill

PAUL HILL joined Baldwin’s in September 2005 having previously worked at Spink London for five years where he had been responsible for their ancient coin department since 2003. He specialises in Ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine coins and their related fields. Paul is in regular attendance at all the major international coin shows and auctions and also catalogues ancient coins for Baldwin’s fixed price lists and auction catalogues. He is a Fellow and former council member of the Royal Numismatic Society; a member of the British Numismatic Society; the American Numismatic Society; the American Numismatic Association and has a first class honours degree and a Masters degree in Ancient History from the University of London.

Graham Byfield

GRAHAM BYFIELD has worked at Baldwins for nine years. He specialises in commemorative medals, is actively involved in the group’s auction business and also manages the firm’s stock of Indian and Islamic coins. He is on the Executive Committee of the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN), and is Chairman of the IAPN Membership Committee.

André de Clermont

HAVING WORKED CLOSELY with the Baldwin’s auction department as a consultant for many years, André de Clermont has recently joined us to assist with the ongoing expansion of our Islamic coin department. He began his career at Spink in 1968 and ended his career there as a main board director, later becoming a director of Baldwin’s Auctions. Originally specialising in tokens, he quickly moved on to coins and became well known as an expert on South American coinage. He was instrumental in opening the collector market for Islamic coins in the 1980s and is a popular and highly respected figure in the numismatic world.

David Kirk

DAVID KIRK joined Baldwin’s in July 2007, having previously gained an undergraduate degree in Theology from the University of Oxford at Lady Margaret Hall, and then a subsequent Master’s degree in Archaeology from the University of Edinburgh. Since joining the team at Baldwin’s, David has forged his specialisms in Military Medals and British Milled and Hammered Coinage, and was responsible for re-opening of the Baldwin’s medal department in 2009. He is also responsible for the production of the bi-annual Baldwin’s Fixed Price List.

Caroline Holmes

CAROLINE HOLMES graduated from the University of Southampton with a degree in the History of Art and subsequently attained a Masters in the same subject from the Royal Holloway University before joining the coin department at Spink London in 2002. In 2005 she made the transition at Spink to their Numismatic Book department and shortly after joined the team at Baldwin’s to continue in a similar role. Since starting at Baldwin’s Caroline has taken over running the department and she has been instrumental in the development and production of our fixed price book list.

Laurent Stainvurcel

LAURENT STAINVURCEL is the newest member of our expert team, joining the company in June 2008 as a Numismatic Assistant having graduated from the Sorbonne University in Paris with a degree in History. Since then, Laurent has been studying numismatics at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes and for a Masters in Ancient History at Birkbeck University of London as well as building his specialism in European coinage.

Daniel Fearon

DANIEL FEARON began his numismatic career over 45 years ago and has in this time held senior positions with the prominent numismatic auction houses in the UK and on secondment in the States. Since becoming an independent consultant in 2000 he has advised Baldwin’s in the area of commemorative medals, a subject on which he has written prolifically having published two major works and various articles. He is a member of the British Numismatic Society and was a founder member of the British Art Medal Society.

Stan Goron

STAN GORON has been associated with Baldwin’s since the early 1970s, firstly as a customer then later, once the auction business started, as occasional cataloguer as well. Since retiring from his post as the Manager of the National Postal Museum in 1996 Stan has been able to assist the firm as honorary consultant. As a collector Stan has, over the years, become a specialist in Indo-Muslim, Iranian (16th-19th centuries) and Durrani coinage. He has been a member of, and the journal Editor for, the Oriental Numismatic Society for over 20 years and co-authored the standard work, The Coins of the Indian Sultanates, published in 2001.

Peter Donald

PETER WORKS IN AN advisory capacity as Baldwin's Byzantine expert and is co-author of The Later Paleogan Coinage and The Billon Trachea of Michael VIII Palaeologos 1258-1282

Caroline Newton

PR & Marketing Manager

Matt Curtis

Office Manager

Charlotte Gardner

Auctions Coordinator

Emma Curtis

Office Coordinator