- Dec 22, 2022
“Notes on NSI-NB Show-and-Tell Night” by Alexey Shitvov (NSI-NB)
The stories below, as told during the Society’s traditional Show-and-Tell get-together, exemplify the interactive aspect of coin...
- Nov 11, 2022
“English Silver Coinage of the Tudors” by Desmond Rainey (NSI-NB)
This article takes the reader on a numismatic journey from the Battle of Bosworth Field of 1485 to the final days of the last Tudor's...
- Sep 1, 2022
“Gunmoney: The Coinage of 1689-91 for the Irish Campaign of James II. Edition III” by Philip Timmins
It is inevitable that any book concerned with the complex Gunmoney series of coins should require revision periodically. I thought...
- Aug 21, 2022
“An Irish Illustration of the Supernova of 1054 - or perhaps Halley’s Comet?” by David Collins
Many Hiberno-Norse coins of the Phase V period reflect the heavy influence of Christianity in their designs, by way of displaying...
- Aug 21, 2022
“Where the Castle Looks out to Sea …” by Dr Alexey Shitvov
On a sunny morning of Saturday 13th August, the Society set out to revisit the historical town of Carrickfergus as part of a field trip...
- May 21, 2022
"Those Odds and Troves of Medieval Ireland’s Coinage that Keep it Rolling" by Dr Alexey Shitvov
The Irish society in many aspect constitutes a unique phenomenon, an example of traditional social fabric of highest resilience. First...
- May 21, 2022
"A Numismatist’s Quest for Inspiration" by Dr Alexey Shitvov
The second edition of the NSI-NB Show-and-Tell Competition was all about inspiration. In fact, for a collector on a hunt it is not an...
- Mar 26, 2022
"The First Irish Coin?" by David Collins (NSI-NB)
The quest of the the past two centuries for the first ever coin struck on Ireland's soil has been endeavoured by many eminent collectors...
- Feb 10, 2022
"Some Coins of the Outremer" by Alan Dunlop (NSI-NB)
Almost every one of us, the self-made numismatists and connoisseurs of coin art and craft, hides a beshaming biscuit tin of assorted...
- Dec 26, 2021
"A Festive Tale of a Skint Numismatist vs. London Christmas Book Fair" by Dr Alexey Shitvov (NSI-NB)
A true numismatist can see a coin anywhere, looking at the moon, or at the profile of their beloved ones, you name it. Antique books and...
