Managing Director Profile

W. James (Jim) Noble

Managing Director, Sydney

Jim has been involved in numismatics since his youth. He has previously held the positions of president of the Numismatic Association of Australia, the Australian Numismatic Society (ANS) and is a recipient of the ANS gold medal. Jim has authored many articles on coins and co-wrote the standard reference on Australia's first coin, the holey dollar.

As a collector Jim owned the world's most complete collection of British tokens. Since sold, the catalogue has become a standard reference for British tokens.

Jim founded Spink & Son Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the world's oldest coin firm. In the period to the present, Jim has overseen all major sales and is recognised as a leading expert on Australian coins.