In the press
What others have written.
A selection of independent coverage from the trade and the general press.
Financial Times
March 2025
London's quiet authority on collectible authentication
"Where the big American firms have built scale, Xene has built deliberation."
The Burlington Magazine
February 2025
The certificate and the catalogue: third-party grading enters the fine-art adjacent market
"Xene's bibliographic certificates are the most rigorous documentation of a book's condition this reviewer has encountered outside a museum inventory."
The Economist
November 2024
Grading the graders: trust in the rare-coin market
"Xene's transferable lifetime guarantee is the strongest in the industry."
Stamp Magazine
October 2024
A new standard for philatelic certification in Britain
"The level of detail on a Xene philatelic certificate — perforation gauge, watermark, gum status, UV examination notes — leaves nothing material undocumented."
Apollo Magazine
September 2024
Provenance, paperwork and the new connoisseurship
"A house that treats certification as a curatorial discipline, not a logistics problem."
Coin News (UK)
August 2024
Inside the Hatton Garden atelier
"Every step is documented; every signature is wet ink."
Bank Note Reporter
July 2024
Cross-Atlantic certification: Xene's growing footprint in notaphily
"The EPQ-equivalent designation Xene applies is more conservatively awarded than any competing service — which is precisely why it is gaining acceptance at the serious end of the market."
Le Figaro
June 2024
L'art discret de la certification britannique
"Xene a su importer à Paris la rigueur de la City."
Coin World
May 2024
British grader expands cross-certification programme
"Backed by a Lloyd's policy few competitors can match."
Linn's Stamp News
February 2024
Xene's RPSL-aligned philatelic certificate
"The descriptive certificate is the most thorough we have reviewed."
Beckett Magazine
October 2023
A new sealed-product holder out of London
"Heavier, clearer, and arguably more secure than incumbent designs."
Numismatic Chronicle
June 2023
Authentication in the secondary market: the Xene model
"By publishing their examination protocol in full, Xene invites scrutiny in a way that strengthens rather than diminishes confidence."
Press contact
Eleanor Voss
Head of Communications
Ms Voss handles all media enquiries, interview requests and requests for on-the-record commentary. Responses within one working day. For urgent matters, please mark your subject line URGENT.
Direct line
press@xenecert.com
Media kit
Assets available on request.
The following materials are available to accredited journalists and editors. None of the items listed are available as public downloads; all requests are fulfilled personally by the press office within one working day.
Institutional fact sheet
A two-page summary of Xene's history, disciplines, guarantee structure and client base. Available in A4 PDF.
High-resolution imagery
Photography of the Hatton Garden office, examination laboratory, holder production in Surrey, and specimen certificates. Supplied as 300 dpi TIFF files on request.
Head-of-department portraits
Editorial-quality portraits of all six department heads, available for editorial use with credit. Supplied on request.
Boilerplate text
Approved corporate descriptions of Xene in 50, 100 and 250 words for use in catalogue entries, exhibition panels and editorial copy.
Lloyd's guarantee summary
A plain-language explanation of the lifetime guarantee structure, suitable for publication. Available on request; not for reproduction in altered form.
Press enquiries
Interviews, statements and media kit requests.
Write to press@xenecert.com. All enquiries are handled personally by Eleanor Voss.