Next
club meeting Monday 3rd April
2017.
·
Subject - History of the Sovereign by Kevin Clancy
Monday 8th May 2017.
- Subject - TBA by Chris Moore
Monday 5th June 2017.
- Subject - Annual
General Meeting and Display Competition
Meetings are held
at the Abbey Baptist Church,
Abbey Square,
commencing at 7.00 p.m.
NOTICES
- It is coming up to the time for the AGM and that means the
election of a new committee. Please think about joining the committee
because it is unfair to expect the same old(!)
faces to keep doing everything every year.
March Meeting
The March meeting
was given over to the Annual Auction. There were 199 lots. The auction raised £2,476.50.
From this the club has benefitted by £257.55 in commission and donations.
Some highlights
from the sale:
- Lot 175 - 1831 Penny £150
- Lot 99 - 1902 Matt Proof Maundy set £115
- Lot 177 - 1909 Penny £105
- Lot 176 - 1908 Penny £95
- Lot 174 - 1807 Penny £90
Thank you to all the members who helped to run the
auction so smoothly and successfully.
Remittance cheques are being posted to the vendors.
Future
Events.
- Bonhams sale,
Knightsbridge – 22nd
March
- Croydon Coin Auction – 28th March
- Spink Auctions, Southampton Row – 28-30th March
- Bloomsbury Coin Fair, Holiday Inn – 1st
April
- Midland Coin Fair - National Motorcycle museum – 9th
April
Past Events
·
In 2007 Michael Gouby spoke on The Development
of Early Banknotes.
- Twenty years ago, Graham Hornby talked on 'The Development of the Military
Medal'.
- This evening forty years
ago Raymond Lax gave a talk on 'Siege Pieces of the Great Rebellion in
England 1642-49'.
Club Secretary.