Oxford Numismatic Society

ONS Winter  Programme 2016/2017

this is the slightly revised program  

10^th December          Egypt and the Sudan

The Mad Mahdi and all that

14^th January              Turkey and Asia Minor 

            Before during and after the Ottoman Empire

18^th February                        Bulgaria and the Balkans

            The history of these less well known places

18^th March                 USA

            The colonial history to the mighty dollar

15^th April                    Mint marks

            Why have mint marks? Romans to now.

13^th May                     Random exotic countries never been to but would like to visit

            Money no object .

17^th June                   The British Commonwealth

            Why did colonies have their own coins and not just use British issues?

15^th July                     Ecclesiastical coinages

Coins issued by Bishops, Archbishops, Popes, communion tokens, and tokens for Church of England bazaars.