British Numismatic Society Secretary Peter Preston-Morley submitted this announcement of the group's annual meeting at NYINC show in New York City this week. -Editor
The meeting will take place in the Uris Room at the Grand Hyatt Hotel on E 42nd Street, on Saturday January 18th, at 4 PM.
Our speaker is Robert Hoge, Curator Emeritus at the American Numismatic Society. Robert’s subject will be: Britain in America: a survey of the American Numismatic Society
cabinet.
The American Numismatic Society (ANS) collections of British coins are comprehensive in scope, but vary greatly in representativeness and depth. Since its founding in 1858 the
cabinet has depended almost exclusively for the development of its holdings upon the generosity of individual benefactors. Consequently, it reflects the many differences among
their interests, specialisations and potential level of acquisitions. This paper will look at the content and origins of the British coins in the collection and demonstrate that
the Society sought to build a representative sample of British coinage, medals, tokens and paper money while avoiding competing with the British Museum and other long established
major collections.
All are welcome, and you don’t have to be a member of the Society to attend.
A penny of William the Conqueror, of the PAXS type, from the mint of Chester by the moneyer Lifwine, is ANS Accession no. 1974.34.18. It was a gift of the famous collector
Mrs. Emery May (Holden) Norweb, wife of Ambassador R. Henry Norweb -- both of whom were important benefactors.
For more information on the British Numismatic Society, see:
https://www.britnumsoc.org/
Wayne Homren, Editor
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