● Next Meeting Status:

Cancelled

● Host Society for the

 BANS 2011 Congress

held in Southport

3rd January 2013

These are trying times, and the performance of our members is being tested and evaluated this evening. Whether our performance is Extremely Fine, or merely Very Good, won’t actually make any difference as we take part in our Coin Identification and Grading Quiz organised by Society Secretary Alan Dawson. Expert Numismatists? What more Proof do we need?

7th February 2013

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the presentation originally scheduled for this evening has been postponed. There will be differences to the schedule appearing in our printed programmes for March and April, for which we offer our apologies. From May onwards, normal service will be resumed!

7th March 2013

Last September, we were given a presentation about the money of the French Revolution by Society member Chris Leather. This evening we will hear, and see, part two of the story: ‘The Coinage of Napoleon’ as General Bonaparte moves from First Consul, through Emperor, to deposed Corsican Tyrant.

4th April 2013

This evening’s presentation by Alan Dawson could be said to fit the Bill, as we learn more about ‘The English Coinage of the first two Norman Kings’ William I ‘the Conqueror’ and William II ‘Rufus’ who reigned from 1066 to 1087 and 1087 to 1100 respectively.

2nd May 2013

Looking at a coin from the ancient world, and seeing ‘heads’ and ‘tails’ in a form immediately recognisable to any 21st Century person, it would be easy to assume that coinage doesn’t change very much. This evening, David Regan will tell us that, perhaps, it does, with a presentation titled ‘Innovations in Coinage.’

6th June 2013

Our members are interested in many different areas of numismatics - whatever it is we have each chosen to collect. From time to time we tap into this trove of accumulated knowledge and present ‘Members’ Five Minute Papers’ which can be about anything to do with our hobby. There can hardly be a better way of spending five minutes!

4th July 2013

One of the pleasures of being a member of a Society such as ours is sharing the frisson which comes from tracking down that elusive piece missing from the collection. ‘Members’ Recent Acquisitions’ is when we exchange the tales of the hunt, and the sagas of the junk box.

1st August 2013

We say this every year, and every year it proves true, that far from being a nondescript gap in the calendar, August is one of the year’s highlights. Our ‘Numismatic Discussion Evening’ is an unstructured ramble through the highways and byways of our hobby, and most of us learn quite a lot on the way. Always a great evening!

5th September 2013

We are always pleased to welcome visiting speakers from other Clubs and Societies, and this evening we welcome back an old friend: George Martin will enlighten us on the subject of ‘Claspe Manus’ - the handshake seen on coins, tokens and medals.

3rd October 2013

This evening is the Society’s Annual General Meeting whereat we appoint the Officers and Committee, scrutinise the books, and set the subscription for the coming year. Then, to make up the difference, we have the annual Mini-Auction.

7th November 2013 ●THE SIXTH FIELDING LECTURE

Dr Kevin Clancy is well-known throughout the numismatic world, not least for his current position of Director of the Royal Mint Museum, a museum which contains examples of some of the most spectacular products of the Minter’s art. This evening, Dr Clancy will present, as the Sixth Fielding Lecture, his presentation on ‘The Design & Manufacture of Medals at the Royal Mint.’

5th December 2013 The Christmas Dinner

We are all aware of the unprecedented rise in the prices of precious metals - and even non-precious metals! Who would ever have thought we would live in a world where it would be possible to buy .999 fine copper bullion ingots on the internet? Be that as it may, copper is not an ideal metal for adding to Chrismas Puddings, and a real silver sixpence is currently worth rather a lot, so it looks as though this year we will have to make do with a memory. Tonight is our Society’s Christmas Dinner.

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2013 Programme

Our Annual Programme of meetings runs from January to December. Each year, in Autumn, our tireless Committee Members burn the midnight oil in industrial quantities, working on the Programme for the year. The results of their labours can be seen here.

Obviously, the Programmes for past years have been and gone, but it can be useful and interesting to refer to what has been as well as to look up what is to be. So, to that end, we provide an archive.

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