● Next Meeting Status:
Cancelled
● Host Society for the
BANS 2011 Congress
held in Southport
***MEETING STATUS ***
7th January 2016
These are trying times, and the performance of our members is being tested and evaluated this evening. Whether our performance is Extremely Fine, or merely Very Good, won’t actually make any difference as we take part in our Coin Identification and Grading Quiz organised by Society Secretary Alan Dawson. Expert Numismatists? What more Proof do we need? We get the Pyx!
4th February 2016
Our speaker of the year is our own Society member Tony Parkinson who will give an illustrated presentation on ‘Names & Nicknames on Ancient Coins.’
3rd March 2016
One of the delights of membership in a Society such as ours is the opportunity to see, and examine, coins and other items which are outside our own regular collecting interests. ‘Recent Acquisitions’ is an evening where we can show and talk about that star find of our own, and enjoy those things which our friends and colleagues have found.
7th April 2016
As a group we are interested in not just coins but all of the para-
5th May 2016
The seventeenth century was one of the most revolutionary in our country’s history from the Civil War, and the execution of Charles I, to the Glorious Revolution. This evening, Society member Eric Hodge will tell us more about the times of ‘James II and William & Mary etc.’
2nd June 2016
Have you ever noticed how the words 'eclectic' and 'mix' always seem to occur together? ‘Five Minute Papers’ is our tribute to eclectic mixes, and allows our Members to offer their thoughts and insights on those numismatic nuggets which interest them. And at the end of the evening, we will all know a bit more about all sorts of things.
7th July 2016
In 2011, Society Member Chris Leather highlighted the rise and fall of the Antoninianus
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4th August 2016
We say this every year, and every year it proves true, that far from being a nondescript gap in the calendar, August is one of the year’s highlights. Our ‘Numismatic Discussion Evening’ is an unstructured ramble through the highways and byways of our hobby, and most of us learn quite a lot on the way. Always a great evening!
1st September 2016
This evening, we welcome Guest Speaker Dr Andrew Woods, Curator of Numismatics at
the Yorkshire Museums Trust, who will tell us, and show us, more about the Vale of
York Hoard found near Harrogate in 2007 and comprising more than six hundred Viking-
6th October 2016
This evening is the Society’s Annual General Meeting whereat we appoint the Officers
and Committee, scrutinise the books, and set the subscription for the coming year.
Then, to make up the difference, we have the annual Mini-
3rd November 2016 ● THE NINTH FIELDING LECTURE
The Fielding Lecture is the highlight of our year of events, and is named in honour of our late Chairman Mr Ben Fielding. Our Lecturer this year is Dr Megan Gooch from Historic Royal Palaces who will give us her presentation on ‘The Mint At The Tower Of London.’
Dr Gooch was latterly Mint Street Project Curator at the Tower.
1st December 2016 The Christmas Dinner
Given the date, it is almost certain that the OWLNS Christmas Dinner will be the first of the festive season for most of our members. That being the case, it is fortunate that it will almost certainly be one of the best. The backroom boys and girls at the Eagle and Child will, we confidently expect, work their usual magic.
Menu choices will be needed in advance, please, with notification to the Secretary. For the menu options, please click on the Christmas Pud, and a .pdf file will download to your device.
2016 Programme
Our Annual Programme of meetings runs from January to December. Each year, in Autumn, our tireless Committee Members burn the midnight oil in industrial quantities, working on the Programme for the year. The results of their labours can be seen here.
Obviously, the Programmes for past years have been and gone, but it can be useful and interesting to refer to what has been as well as to look up what is to be. So, to that end, we provide an archive.
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