About the Society

The Society was instituted on 2 October 1950 at Theobald's Cafe Bath with the name of Bath and Bristol Coin Club. The present name was adopted for the 1953 season by which time the membership had increased to 22. The Society has hosted the annual National Numismatic Congress in Bath or Bristol on five occasions: 1958, 1964, 1983, 1988 and 1998.
Our programme of events ranges from academic speakers on specialist subjects to our own membership with lectures on their own interests. We also may hold a members' coin sale and occasionally organise visits to places of interest.


DIARY OF MEETINGS

NEXT MEETING THURSDAY APRIL 11TH 2024: Provincial Coinage of Charles 1 including Obsidional coins: Talk by Tony Halse

Please note the following (when at The Globe): a reminder to register your car number plate after you have parked up; the computer system is in the main bar area.

Please email Adrian and Christine on: adrian [at] bathandbristol-ns.org.uk to check if anything has changed. We will also update this website page. Members already on mailing-list will be advised of any alterations as well.

Subscriptions; please see the Contact section

 

  • 2024: Proposed diary:.
  • January 11th, February 8thnow cancelled for the winter
  • March 14th 2024:The Royal Naval Division at Antwerp and Internment at Groningen; medal talk by Jim Kemp
  • April 11th 2024: Talk by Tony Halse, from the South Wales Society: Provincial coinage of Charles 1 including obsidional coins
  • May 9th 2024 Members' 5-minute talks, plus coin swap-or-sellevening.
  • June 13th 2024 Talk by David Young
  • July 11th 2024 AGM

 

This website also shows coins and articles of interest. There is already a small gallery linked in the menu; as new material is offered, we'll post details and the links here, on the front page.

Articles updated May 2023

1. Tokens, Checks, Tickets and Passes: Bristol Pub Checks

2. The Mint of Bristol

3. Tokens of the Somerset Coalfield

4. More Local Mining (and Related) Checks, Badges and Medals

5. The Clifton Rocks Railway

6. A Nailsea Banknote

7. Decimal Day and the Old Coinage

8. Two Unrecorded Tokens from Pennywell Colliery, Bristol

9. The "Dunkirk" Tokens; by the late Arthur C Griffin.


CONTACT:

The society encourages members of the public to get in touch with questions about collecting and also the identification of any coins, tokens or medals that they may have. Members' Subscription during the 2023-24 season will be £20., due at the October meeting.

 

  • President: Rosie Clarke
  • Chairman: Mark Manning
  • Treasurer: Christine Derrick
  • Secretary: Christine Derrick

EMAIL:

(Replace the word [at] with @ symbol).

Secretary: adrian[at] bathandbristol-ns.org.uk