February 2008.

Next club meeting Monday 3^rd April 2008.

• This will be a talk on The Evolution of the English Coinage up to the end of the Civil War by David Powell

Note that this is a rearrangement of the original programme

Meetings are held at the Abbey Baptist Church, Abbey Square, commencing at 7.00 p.m.

February Meeting

The last meeting was the annual club auction, with some 121 lots realising £424.70. A total of £64.88 was raised for Club funds by a combination of commission and donations.

There was an excellent turnout of 24 members, 121 lots were offered starting off with 2 Celtic coins each of which made £26. The same price was achieved by a Scottish Merk, while a Scottish Bawbee made £20. Surprise of the sale was an 1897 medalet which opened at £3 and was briskly bid up to £15.50 before the hammer fell. Overall, despite fewer lots than usual, a successful sale for the Club (thanks in part to a number of lots donated for club funds),  for the vendors and for the buyers.

Skittles evening

We have a date of 19th April for the skittles evening at the Red Lion at Theale. The cost will be the same as last year, £15 a head. We will be collecting fees in advance at the forthcoming meetings.

Future Events

Coin Fair, (Linda Monk) Jurys Hotel, Great Russell St., London - 1st March

Birmingham Coin Fair, at the NEC cycle museum -9th March

Croydon Coin Auction United Reform Church Hall, East Croydon - 11th March

DNW Auction, Washington Hotel, 5 Curzon St., London - 12/13th March

Past Events

10 years ago David Sellwood gave a talk on the Coins of Syracuse.

20 years ago was a club coin fair.

30 years ago Mr. P.Selby FRNS gave a talk entitled “Ten Famous Engravers and Mint Masters”