British Numismatic Society

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The British Numismatic Journal (BNJ) is the Society's principal publication, and is the foremost journal for matters relating to British Numismatics. It contains a number of scholarly articles as well as notes, obituaries, reviews and transactions. the journal is produced annually in hard-back form, and a copy is sent free to all members of the Society.

Back issues of The British Numismatic Journal are distributed for the Society by Script Publisher Services. If you wish to purchase copies of those volumes that are still available, please email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..    As of Feb.2026 the only available volumes are 88 and 91.  

The current volume is distributed directly to members by the BNS; any enquiries regarding non-receipt of the current volume should go to the the BNS Secretary, who manages the mailing.

CONTRIBUTIONS

Those wishing to contribute to the Journal are encouraged to read the Journal's guidance notes and to contact the editor for further information. 

COIN REGISTER

Coin Register was significantly redesigned in 2011 to provide a review of important single finds of Iron Age, Roman and Medieval coins with a supplementary appendix listing other finds recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds (EMC). PDF plates of the coins in the Appendix for 2011, 2012 and 2013 are available here, with more recent coins viewable via the Corpus website. 

DIGITAL BRITISH NUMISMATIC JOURNAL

Back issues of the British Numismatic Journal are available to read by following the links below. The volumes are arranged chronologically. If you are looking for a specific subject then you may find the Index of BNJ contents 1903-2017 helpful.

Below is an updated version of the BNJ contents menu; this new arrangement corrects problems with a few missing or electronically mis-filed articles that plagued the previous menu.   If you locate any issues with the new system then please inform the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

 

Vol.   Year   Series   Series Vol.
 1    1903-04     First Series    I
 2    1905     First Series    II
 3    1906     First Series    III
 4    1907     First Series    IV
 5    1908     First Series    V
 6    1909     First Series    VI
 7    1910     First Series    VII
 8    1911    Second Series    VIII
 9    1912    Second Series    IX
 10    1913-14    Second Series    X
 11    1915    Second Series     I
 12    1916    Second Series    II
 13    1917    Second Series    III
 14    1918    Second Series    IV
 15    1919-20    Second Series    V
 16    1921-22    Second Series    VI
 17    1923-24    Second Series    VII
 18    1925-26    Second Series    VIII
 19    1927-28    Second Series    IX
 20    1929-30    Second Series    X
 21    1931-33    Third Series    I
 22    1934-37    Third Series    II
 23    1938-41    Third Series    III
 24    1942-44    Third Series    IV
 25    1945-48    Third Series    V
 26    1949-51    Third Series    VI
 27    1952-54    Third Series    VII
 28    1955-57    Third Series    VIII
 29    1958-59    Third Series    IX
 30    1960-61    Third Series    X
 31    1962        
 32    1963        
 33  1964        
 34  1965        
 35    1966        
 36    1967        
 37    1968        
 38    1969        
 39    1970        
 40    1971        
 41    1972        
 42    1974a       Special Publication, C.E. Blunt, 70th Birthday.  
 43     1973        
 44    1974b        
 45    1975        
 46    1976        
 47    1977        
 48    1978        
 49    1979        
 50    1980        
 51     1981        
 52    1982        
53    1983        
54    1984        
55    1985        
56    1986        
57    1987        
58    1988        
59    1989        
60    1990        
61    1991        
62    1992        
63    1993        
64    1994         
65    1995        
66    1996        
67    1997        
68    1998        
69    1999        
70    2000        
71    2001        
72    2002        
73    2003   BNS Centenary Volume, 1903-2003   
74    2004        
75    2005        
76    2006        
77    2007        
78    2008        
79    2009        
80    2010        
81    2011        
82    2012    

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83    2013    
84    2014    
85    2015    
86    2016    
87    2017    
88  2018   Hard copies are still available for sale.
89    2019     
90    2020    
91    2021    Hard copies are still available for sale.
92    2022    
93    2023    Index available, articles to be available here from late 2026
94    2024    Index available, articles to be available here from late 2027
95  2025 Articles to be available here from late 2028

 

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