Application for Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society
You are invited to apply to join the Royal Numismatic Society.
Fellowship of the Society is open to all interested in promoting the study of all aspects of
numismatics, especially coins, paper money, tokens and medals.
The Society welcomes specialists and non-specialists alike and is keen to include curators,
researchers, collectors, dealers and anyone interested in numismatics.
You can become a Fellow by nomination, followed by election.
Nominations can be made by an existing fellow or by council.
Elections are at the monthly Meetings of the Society, including the Annual General Meeting in
June.
How can you join?
Please fill out your personal details on an application form and forward it by post or electronically
to the Secretary of the Society.
If you know a Fellow and wish to be nominated by him/her, please ask him/her to send form A on
your behalf.
If you do not know any Fellows, you can ask to be nominated by Council, by sending form B on
your own behalf.
Council approves each application and announces it at the next monthly meeting of the Society
(October to June). At the following monthly Meeting, the Fellows present will be invited to elect
you to Fellowship of the Society.
How much will it cost?
Subscription fee (due on 1 January) for the current year: £40 (if paying online an admin charge of
£2.50 to cover the charges made by WorldPay will apply).
Students in full-time education are entitled to pay a reduced subscription rate of £20 per year (plus
the £2.50 admin charge if paying online). Students are asked to supply evidence of their current
student status. (There are limits to the time for which Fellows over 18 may continue to pay the
Student rate, see Bye Law 3)
NB Newly elected Fellows not paying their annual subscription will not be entitled to the benefits of Fellowship and
will be removed from Fellowship if the subscription remains unpaid after six months.
What are the benefits?
Fellows participate in the Society’s aims to promote and support numismatic research. All Fellows
are invited to continue the Society’s work in shaping the development of numismatics worldwide
since 1836.
All Fellows are welcomed at the Society’s monthly meetings (October to June) to hear
presentations, delivered by a wide range of international scholars, and participate in discussions on
numismatic topics. Every summer the Society joins its sister society the British Numismatic
Society in hosting a one day colloquium on a topic of general interest. Six to eight papers are
presented by distinguished experts at a location outside London. All Fellows are welcome to attend.
All Fellows receive the annual journal of the society, Numismatic Chronicle (more than 300 pages
of numismatic articles, notes and reviews).
All Fellows are entitled to buy available back copies of the journal and the Special Publications of
the Society at a discounted rate (Numismatic Chronicles and Special Publications can be obtained
from the Society’s bookseller, Spink and Son Ltd., 69 Southampton Row, Bloomsbury, London
WC1B 4ET. Email books@spink.com.
Fellows have access to the Society’s extensive library of numismatic books, held at the Warburg
Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB, usually open every Tuesday.
The Society offers grants to support numismatic research and gives annual prizes to recognise
excellence in numismatics.
A:
Application for Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society
To the Secretary of the Royal Numismatic Society
(To be completed by applicant)
Surname:
Given name(s)
Email:
Address1:
Address2:
Town/City:
State/County:
Post Code:
Country:
Occupation:
My interests
Please select one of the following:
I wish to be elected to Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society.
I wish to be elected to Student Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society*.
(To be completed by Fellow nominating the above person for election)
Surname:
Given name(s)
Address1:
Address2:
Town/City:
State/County:
Post Code:
Country:
I nominate the above named applicant for election to the Society’s Fellowship:
Date proposed:
Date elected:
The Honorary Secretary
Royal Numismatic Society
The British Museum
Department of Coins and Medals
Great Russell Street
London,
WC1B 3DG
UK
*If applying for Student Fellowship please include evidence of Student status.
B:
Application for Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society
To the Council of the Royal Numismatic Society
(To be completed by applicant)
Surname:
Given name(s)
Email:
Address1:
Address2:
Town/City:
State/County:
Post Code:
Country:
Occupation:
My interests
Please select from the following:
I wish to be elected to Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society.
I wish to be elected to Student Fellowship of the Royal Numismatic Society*.
Please nominate me for election:
Date proposed:
Date elected:
The Honorary Secretary
Royal Numismatic Society
The British Museum
Department of Coins and Medals
Great Russell Street
London,
WC1B 3DG
UK
*If applying for Student Fellowship please include evidence of Student status.