December 28th 2027.  

Next club meeting Monday 5th January

·       Short Talks By members.

Monday 2nd February.

Monday 2nd March

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

 

The next club meeting is on Monday 5th January. As usual the main item of the meeting is the short talks by members, with the talk voted best being awarded the Marc Myhill Memorial Shield. So over the quiet period after Christmas please give thought to giving a short talk (10/15 minutes) to the club. It would be appreciated if you could let me know in advance if you intend to give a talk, as it helps in planning the evening.

 

Notices

·       RIP
Dennis Dunkerton (Club member)
George Jones (dealer at Charing X market)

·       BANS Spring Congress 2026
This year the Spring Congress will be held from Friday 10th April to Sunday 12th April at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin. If any club member wishes to attend, please contact me, and I will furnish you with details of the event.

·       Please consider whether you could join the committee, we WILL have vacancies come June.

 

December Meeting

The Club meeting in December was a members evening: buying and selling, a buffet supper and a quiz. The buffet supper was organised once again by Henry and was much appreciated by the 20 or so members attending the meeting.

 

Following on from this we had a quiz by Tony, set out below, answers next time….

TWENTY QUESTIONS

QUESTION

ANSWER

  1.

Who designed the Petition Crown and when?

 

  2.

Which country issued a 1/48 shilling?

 

  3.

Where and when was the ½ Puffin issued?

 

  4.

What was the major silver coin of the empire of Alexander the Great and the empire’s successor states?

 

  5.

What was the original price of the Picture Paper daily?

 

  6.

Which Pacific islands group has an association with the British £2 coin of 2009?

 

  7.

Which Indian Ocean island had its map on its 1953 10 & 20 Franc coins?

 

  8.

What does the 1911 Canadian cent have in common with the 1847 British florin?

 

  9.

Which Island group off Newfoundland issued 1 & 2 Franc coins?                   

 

10.

From 1885 to 1973 the British monarchy appeared on coinage of where in Central America?

 

11.

Third-farthings were used on which Mediterranean island?

 

12.

What was the name of the American woman who appeared on Irish banknotes?                                                                                                              

 

13.

The Scottish sixpence, known as the Bawbee, was named after whom?

 

14.

The Irish halfcrown carried which animal?

 

15.

Who was the designer of the Millenium £5 coin?

 

16.

Since 1937 what animal has mostly featured on the Canadian 25 cent coin?

 

17.

Thomas Telford designed what structure that features on the 2005 £1 coin?

 

18.

When did King Edgar’s coinage reformation take place (+/- 3 years)?

 

19.

What was the weight of the 11th Century Anglo-Norse silver Ora?

 

20.

In 2005 whose cathedral appeared on the British £2 coin?

 

 

 

Xmas Lunch

In lieu of a Christmas Party this year, I propose that we have a lunchtime meal out together. Probable venue is the Cunning Man at Burghfield, near Reading. I have a couple of dates in mind - Saturday 10th January and Sunday 18th January. Please let me know if (a) you are interested in joining the get together and (b) your preference of the dates above. Please respond to me by January 5th at the latest.

 

Club Subscriptions

The members subscriptions do not meet all the club costs; indeed they barely meet 50% of the annual room hire. The club committee will look at ways that subscriptions can be gradually increased without too much pain to members balanced against other sources of revenue, the reserves that we have, and the number of meetings that we can sustain. 

 

The club committee will also be reviewing our paid-up membership in January, so if you have not subscribed for 2025-2026 yet, please do so as soon as possible!

 

Club Auction

As usual the March meeting will be the club auction. However this year we are looking for fewer but better auction lots. We are looking for coins, tokens etc in good grades. We do not want volume lots of low grade coins, nor volume recent issues of coins whatever their grades. Please ensure that your auction lots reach the club by the February meeting latest.

 

Future Events.

·        Midland Coin Fair – National Motorcycle Museum –  January 11th.

 

Past Events

 

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all our readers.

Club Secretary.