In León, Ogando cannot keep up with the shop

On 3 November 2026, at 08:05 (peninsular time), Leonoticias (opens in a new tab) published the video “¿Qué se vende aquí? Filatelia y Numismática Ogando,” signed by Sandra Santos. It runs 4 minutes and 7 seconds. That page has no article text. The same video sits with the report by Álvaro Pérez, “Ogando, la numismática de León que vive su mejor momento,” published on 28 October 2026 at 13:30 and updated on 3 November at 08:06. What follows comes from that report. No piece it names is identified in Notofilia’s virtual collection.

The shop since 1978

Pérez presents Enrique Alonso Cadenas at the head of Numismática y Filatelia Ogando. The video and the shop’s website reverse the word order and write Filatelia y Numismática Ogando. The body of the report dates the shop to 1978. The standfirst speaks of the 1970s and of a business that joins long-standing collecting with internet sales anywhere in Spain. Alonso says his father was devoted to stamps and coins, and that he carried the shop on. He grew up with that material in the house.

The shop website (opens in a new tab), checked on 3 November 2026, places the premises at Calle Renueva 9, 24002 León. The hours it publishes are Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 13:30 and 17:00 to 20:00, and Saturdays 10:30 to 13:30. It also says “En León desde 1978” (“In León since 1978”). We did not visit the shop.

Coin, stamp, and note

The report splits the work in three: the coin, the stamp, and the banknote, with attention to Spanish material. In philately, Pérez writes, the shop handles Spanish stamps only. In numismatics the span is longer: Greek and Roman coins, pieces of the monarchy from the Catholic Monarchs, and euros from several countries. Alonso says they have Catholic Monarchs pieces, Roman ones, and Greek ones. Pérez names, among what can be found, Roman solidi and eight-escudo coins of Charles III and of Charles IV.

Alonso recalls having handled a cincuentín of Philip III (the 50-real silver piece), Roman aurei, and pieces from the Catholic Monarchs. Those are memories from the interview. The Charles IV eight escudos that is here is another disc: Popayán, 1801, marks P–JF, struck in the Indies. The Seville 2 escudos of Philip II is peninsular gold of an earlier reign.

Inheritances

Pérez writes that much of the old coin comes back through inheritances. When a collector dies, the heirs sometimes do not continue the hobby and they sell. People also let a collection go for money or for some other personal reason. Alonso says there is no single price for a coin simply because it is old: quality matters, and condition above all, and that judgment comes from years in the trade. The report gives no figure. This note gives none either.

The internet and three people

The shop serves clients across Spain through its website. Alonso says the internet has good sides and bad sides. On the good side he names publicity and a way to follow collections. He does not spell out the bad side. Pérez adds that competition has grown and that personal service, the follow-up of each collection, remains the work of the business. The staff is three people. Alonso says continuity is not the problem: they cannot keep up, and more people would be needed. The headline prints “No damos abasto a trabajar.” In the body the line is “no damos a abasto a trabajar.”

How to start

For someone starting out, Alonso asks them to settle on one period, one country, or one kind of coin, because numismatics is very wide. Then comes study, and moving step by step. The collection, he says, is built little by little, without rushing and without letting it stall.