British Numismatic Society

Minutes of the September meeting

Minutes of the Meeting of the British Numismatic Society, held at the Society of Antiquaries of London on Monday, 28 September 2026, Dr Screen, President, being in the chair and 34 other people present [19 in person, 15 on Zoom].

The minutes of the meeting held on 22 June 2026 were approved.

ELECTIONS: Miroslav Ondrus (Lincolnshire), Jarmail Singh (West Midlands) and Dr Richard Stonor (London) were elected to Ordinary Membership. University of Notre Dame (USA) was elected to Institutional Membership.

DEATH: Richard Gervase Falkiner (Worcestershire, 1968), died on 21 July 2026, aged 90.

The Secretary announced that Council had awarded its North Book Prize for 2026 to Dr Barrie Cook, for his English Medieval Coin Hoards: Age of the Sterling Penny 1180-1351 (London, 2025).

The President presented a 50th anniversary of membership medal to Glenn Gittoes.

Prof. Jens-Christian Moesgaard then read a paper entitled Finds of English coins in Scandinavia from before c. 980.

The President then announced the date of the next meeting and closed the meeting.

Our next meeting – and the link to join it on Zoom

The Society's next meeting, on Monday, 26 October, will be staged at our usual venue, the Society of Antiquaries of London (SAL), at 6.15pm GMT (the clocks in the UK go back an hour the day before). Our speaker is Prof. Craig Muldrew, and it is the occasion of our biennial Howard Linecar Memorial Lecture.

Prof. Muldrew is Professor of Early Modern Economic and Social History at Queens' College, University of Cambridge. He specialises in British social and economic history from 1500 to 1800. Among his areas of study is the economic and social role of trust in the development of the market economy in England between 1500 and 1700, concentrating on the centrality of reputation to financial credit, and the insecurity of wealth in a world of innumerable debts. His talk is entitled Coins or credit; was money a goddess in a world of trust?

The SAL is located at Burlington House, on the north side of Piccadilly, opposite the Fortnum & Mason department store. Proceed through the archway leading to the House and the SAL is on the ground floor of the west wing of the building, at the far end of the courtyard, entered through a pair of brown doors.

The nearest Underground stations are Piccadilly Circus and Green Park, both 5 minutes' walk away. Those attending meetings in person will be required to sign the SAL's Visitors' Book.

If you are in London that day we look forward to your company, otherwise please join us on Zoom. To join the meeting online, please use the following registration link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84304394735 and the passcode 752738. If you are using the desktop version of Zoom, please ensure that you are using the most up-to-date version before joining us. The meeting itself will commence with formal business at 6.15pm and the lecture will begin immediately after that. 

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