LONDON NUMISMATIC CLUB - THE NEWSLETTER - A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS with Author and Subject Indexes Volume VI, Number 1 - Volume VIII, Number 1 January 1974 - November 1997 Compiled by Harrington E. Manville Corresponding Member 29 INTRODUCTION The early years of the London Numismatic Club were succinctly reviewed by President Peter Clayton in the 40th anniversary issue (November 1987): "The Club held its inaugural meeting at the St Bride's Institute, off Fleet Street, on 4th November 1947... The first general meeting was held on 2nd December 1947 with 35 people present, from whom were elected the Officers and Committee and the Rules drawn up... The first ordinary business meeting took place on 9th January 1948 when several short talks were given and administrative details settled. The initial list of members numbered 80, and they were all deemed to be Founder Members, as such they were excused the entrance fee. The St Bride's Institute was to be the home of the Club for many years to come... "The first Newsletter appeared in April 1948 and had three issues in that year. Our early Newsletters were all typed and then duplicated with only the Club's logo being specially printed on the first page... The Club's first dinner was held on 1st March 1949 and its first auction on 5th March that year. October 1949 saw the provision of a library 'chest' (a small cupboard) made by one of the members to house the growing library. Subsequently this was replaced by a steel cabinet, and the library still grows on apace... "In 1948 the Chamber of the House of Commons was being rebuilt after bomb damage. The Club approached the Speaker of the House and the Librarian to enquire if, when the work was completed, the gift of a display of English coins individually representative of those current at the dates of important events in the Houses's history would be acceptable. This was accepted as a welcome gift... On 9th May 1950 a presentation was made to the Speaker (and the) House reciprocated in September 1950 with the gift of 116 numismatic titles from its library... "The British Association of Numismatic Societies [BANS] was formed in 1953 and the London Numismatic Club was one of the first nine societies on the first Executive Committee drawn up... "Since the days of St Bride's the Club has changed its meeting place several times. Its home for various years has severally been the Friend's Meeting House on Euston Road and Bible House in Victoria Street; now we enjoy the hospitality of the Institute of Archaeology in Gordon Square..." The Presidents of the London Numismatic Club since its foundation have been: Captain L.V.W. Wright 1947-54 Major Cyril Cheshire 1954-56 A.H. Paine 1956-57 Clifford H. Allen 1957-67 Robert N. Bridge 1967-73 Alan C. Fraser 1974-77 Alex. G. Stone, 1978-80 Philip D. Greenall 1981-82 Anthony J. Holmes 1983-84 Michael J. Anderson 1985-86 Peter A. Clayton 1987-95 Anthony Portner 1995- The London Numismatic Club entered its 50th year in 1997 and perhaps its most lasting production, aside from the stated aim of furthering fellowship in numismatics, has been the Newsletter. Although published primarily for members, copies have been sent to the British Library and the five other copyright libraries at Aberwystwyth, Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Oxford. There can, however, be relatively few complete sets in existence and even fewer persons who can, with confidence, identify the many important articles published. In July 1974, Alex. G. Stone, Hon. Secretary, prepared a manuscript catalogue of the 'Chronological Tables of Contents Vol. I Part 1 to Vol. V Part 20 1947 - 1973', which was duplicated. In the introduction, Mr Stone hoped that 'The more assiduous user of this Chronology of Contents may wish to compile a proper Index for easy reference: if whoever does so makes the fruits of his labour available to members he will be gratefully thanked and may content himself with the knowledge that he has provided a service of real value, for the Newsletter contains many articles of numismatic importance on subjects not previously appearing in print.' This pious hope remains unfulfilled and the present compiler does not have a complete set of the early issues available to go back to the beginning of the publication. He does, however, have volumes VI and VII (1974-1996) and volume VIII, no. 1 (November 1997) before him and hopes that Alex. Stone will condone the present report's being is limited to those more-recent issues. As mentioned above, Volumes I-V of the Newsletter were duplicated and measured 8 x 10' (c. 20.5 x 25.4 mm) with the Club letterhead along the top of the first page. From Volume VI they have been reduced to 6.5 x 8' (c. 16.6 x 20.1 mm) and enclosed in a card wrapper. For issues VI, 1 to 12 the wrappers were printed in blue on cream stock; VI, 13 to VII, 4 feature an enlarged version of the Club logo on an all-blue background; VII, 5 onward exhibit an even larger version of the logo: to VII, 16 on blue stock and thence in varying colours: green, yellow, pale blue, cream, and appropriately for the jubilee issue, gold. Page numbering was continuous through an entire volume through VII, 4; each subsequent issue has its own numbering. Several of these innovations were inaugurated by long-time editors Marcus Phillips and Susan Tyler-Smith (1984-1993), who introduced extensive illustrations from VII, 6; from VII, 13 some photographs were even screened for greater clarity. CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF CONTENTS 1974 - 1997 NB: Omits auction reports, quizzes and routine Club notices. Vol. VI, No. 1 - January 1974 D.J. Crowther. Early Coin Auctions (Oct 1973), pp. 1-3. F.S. Snow. The Finance and Coinage of Henry VIII's Reign (Nov 1973), pp. 3-12. Dr P.D. Whitting. The Astonishing Coinage of the Medieval Turks (Jan 1974), pp. 12-17. A.G. Stone. Major William Hough of the Bengal Army (Aug 1973), pp. 17-22. Obituaries: Cyril Cheshire (d. 28 September 1973, age 64), pp. 23 -24. Richard Meadows-White (d. 20 November 1973, age 72), p. 24. J.A. Hammond (d. 31 December 1973), p. 24. Vol. VI, No. 2 - May 1974 D.G. Sellwood. Coin Portraits (Feb 1974), pp. 26-28. AGM: A.C. Fraser. President's Address; Election of Officers (Mar 1974), pp. 2931. G.P. Dyer. Royal Mint Historic Collection (Apr 1974), pp. 31-39. Dr J.P.C. Kent. A Medallic History of Victorian England (May 1974), p. 39 (not printed). 1974 BANS Congress (Durham, 5-7 April), pp. 39-40. Obituary: J.W.E. Foster (d. May 1974, age 75), pp. 41-42. Vol. VI, No. 3 - October 1974 P.J. Casey. Archaeology and Coinage in Roman Britain (July 1974), pp. 43-48. Short Talks by Members (Aug 1974): K.F. Rowe. The Godless Florin, pp. 48-50. D.A. Deaver. A Texan Token, pp. 50-51. Robert N. Bridge. The Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, pp. 51-53 N.F. Turner. Four Jacobite Medals, pp. 54-57. D.R. Esner. Investing in Ancient Coins, pp. 57-59. P.A. Clayton. Greek Coins and the Ancient Wine Trade (Sep 1974), pp. 59-62. A.G. Stone. The Indian Campaigns of the 19th Century and their Medals (Oct 1974), pp. 63-64. (Reprinted NCirc July-August 1975, pp. 289-92.) Robert Seaman. BANS Lecture Course 1974 (York, 13-15 September), pp. 64-66. Vol. VI, No. 4 - February 1975 Mrs M. Delmé-Radcliffe. The Silver Coinage of Edward IV (Nov 1974), pp. 68-76. Beverley Curtis. Women on Greek Coins (Jan 1975), pp. 77-81. Christopher Brunel. Reformers v. Royalists: Political Tokens of the turbulent 1790's (Feb 1975), pp. 81-86, pl. Vol. VI, No. 5 - May 1975 AGM: A.C. Fraser. President's Address; Election of Officers (Mar 1975), pp. 89- 96.Italo Vecchi. The Origins of the Papal Mint (Apr 1975), pp. 97-102. R.A.G. Carson. Roman Coins and History (May 1975), pp. 103-06. Robert Seaman. BANS Congress 1977 (London, 4-6 April), pp. 106-08. Vol. VI, No. 6 - October 1975 D.R. Esner. Ancient Gems, Jewels and Numismatics (July 1975), pp. 109 -13. Miss Susan Tyler-Smith. The Effect of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars on the Coinage of Europe (Aug 1975), pp. 113-20. R.J. Seaman. William I PAXS Pennies (Sep 1975), pp. 120-27, pl. BANS Autumn Course at York (12-14 September 1975), p. 128. Vol. VI, No. 7 - February 1976. N.F. Turner. Marlborough's Times in Medals (Oct 1975), pp. 130-39. Dr D.M. Metcalf. Byzantine Silver Coinage: Its place in monetary history (Nov 1975), pp. 140-42). D.R. Esner, Chairman. Coin photography: A symposium (Jan 1976), pp. 142-47, illus. Principal speakers: A.G. Stone and Philip Greenall. Vol. VI, No. 8 - May 1976 AGM: A.C. Fraser. President's Address; Election of Officers (Mar 1976), pp. 149 54. N. Fairhead. Heraclius and his Enemies (Apr 1976), pp. 154-61. Harrington E. Manville. British Tradesmen's Countermarks 1790-1825 (May 1976), pp. 161-64. R.J. Seaman. 1976 BANS Congress at Canterbury (2-4 April), pp. 164-66. Vol. VI, No. 9 - October 1976 A.C. Fraser. Commemorative and other coins of the U.S.A. (July 1976), pp. 169- 72. Short Talks by Members (Aug 1976): P.H. Mernick. Portraits on Jetons, pp. 173-74. W. Palmer.