Regency Coins (UK) Limited of Bond Street London

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Unauthorised Credit Card Charge for Unsolicited Goods
The first we time we became aware of Regency Coins was in June 2009, when we were contacted by a concerned member of the public. His octogenarian friend had been sent a "coin" by Regency Coins, and had £3,500 debited from his credit card or bank account. he had contacted us because of our page about Investors in Time.
We decided to investigate...

The Essex Connection
It almost seems as though any coin dealer from Essex is either a crook, or at least uses dubious business messages, although hopefully there are at least a few honest dealers in Essex.
It started with Gold & Silver Bureau, run by John Coppin, which seems to have spawned a number of "wannabee" professional numismatists. These also included Coin Connection, three ex-Coppin employees, who appeared to be trying to make an honest living, although they did lack in knowledge and expertise.

The Jigsaw
At present, we are trying to piece together the parts of the jigsaw. Firstly, the information we currently have is all third party hearsay, so there may be some inaccuracies, and we will continue to edit this page as appropriate.
We are told that Regency Coins was run by the same people as previously ran Investors in Time. It may be that the Regency Coins, or its owner, have bought part of the Investors in Time business. In one sense, there is nothing untoward in this, except the risk of getting tarred with the same brush as Investors in Time. Would a reputable company or investor want to buy parts of a dishonest precursor?

Dodgy?
We have seen and heard enough about Regency to guess that they are using similar dodgy and dishonest sales and business practices as Investors in Time did, so unless we learn to the contrary, we would advise any potential coin collectors to avoid doing business with Regency.
The "coin" we referred to above is only an unofficial fantasy "pattern", and suspect they as often, it has been sold as a real official pattern coin. Even if it has been correctly described, which we doubt, it has been hugely overpriced. We have a similar piece on our website with an asking price of £750! Regency have charged nearly 5 times this amount.

Regency Coins Rip Off
Don't get ripped off by this company.
Doing some quick check on the web, including Companies House, revealed the following:

Regency Coins (UK) Limited
Name & Registered Office: REGENCY COINS (UK) LIMITED
1 ROYAL TERRACE, SOUTHEND ON SEA, ESSEX, SS1 1EA
Company No. 06009383
Status: Active
Date of Incorporation: 24/11/2006
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Nature of Business (SIC(03)):
7487 - Other business activities
Accounting Reference Date: 30/11
Last Accounts Made Up To: 30/11/2007 (TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL)
Next Accounts Due: 30/09/2009
Last Return Made Up To: 24/11/2008
Next Return Due: 22/12/2009
Last Members List: 24/11/2008
Previous Names:
No previous name information has been recorded over the last 20 years.

Address
30, Hainault Road
Postcode: RM6 6BJ
Tenure:
Internal area: 123 square metres (approx)
Year built:
Bedrooms:
Plot area: 63 square metres
Free valuation estimate:
£218,000
Value range: £196,200 to £239,800

Domain Name Domain name: regencycoins.co.uk
Registrant: Regency Coins
Registrant type: UK Partnership
Registrant's address:
30 hainault road
chadwell heath
essex
romford
RM6 6BJ
GB
Registrar:
Daily Internet Services Limited t/a Daily.co.uk [Tag = DAILY]
URL: http://www.daily.co.uk
Relevant dates:
Registered on: 02-Apr-2008
Renewal date: 02-Apr-2010
Last updated: 18-Mar-2009

New Owners
The owner or principal of IIT was Steven Lawson, assisted by his father Alan Lawson. The new owner of Regency appears also to be called Alan, but with a different surname. Alan W...

Are We Sure?
As we have dealt with incomplete evidence, the discerning reader of this page may wonder how sure we are of the honesty and integrity of Regency Coins and its owners.
We took one look at their website, and recognised at least 3 out of the 6 images on its homepage as our own copyright coin photographs. As copyright infringement is dishonest, we have no doubts that we have reached the correct conclusion about Regency Coins.

More Addresses
Regency Coins UK Ltd
We're listed under Coin & Medal Dealers
Tel: 01268 289574
Capricorn Centre, Cranes Farm Rd, Basildon, Essex SS14 3JJ

You may wish to visit some of our other pages:

Hall of Shame and Rogues Gallery
A partial list of dodgy dealers and the like.

Value of my Coin. What's it Worth?