KAPLAN ALEC & SON CC | military wear design,medal makers

The name Alec Kaplan and Son has been synonymous with the coin business since the late Dr Alec Kaplan formed the company in 1948. In 1949 he published the first coin catalogue of the coins of South Africa. This enabled all South African coin collectors to have an idea of what their coins were worth. My late father Stanley Kaplan joined my grandfather in the firm in 1952. Alec died in 1964 and Stanley moved the business to his home. The business was run part time as Stanley had a dental practice.Leaders in Coin AuctionsI joined the company in 1974. The business was now run full time from a retail shop in Johannesburg.I have moved the business twice since then.We hold public auctions of coins, military medals , badges and books four times a year.