Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium

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The Royal Numismatic Society of Belgium, known in Dutch as the Koninklijk Belgisch Genootschap voor Numismatiek and in French as the Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique, is a society focusing on the field of numismatics.[1]

About the Society

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The Society was founded on 28 November 1841. It celebrated its 150th anniversary in 1991, when a history of the society was written. It is a non-profit organization under the High Protection of the King of the Belgians.

Publications

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The Society publishes the journal Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie and an annual bibliography of numismatics (since 1988).

Prizes

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The Society awards two prizes: Prix de la Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique and the Prix Hubertus Goltzius.

Prix de la Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique

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Awarded every four years. Inaugurated in 1976, and first awarded in 1981.

Awarded every three years. To be awarded for the first time in 2019.

References

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Notes

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  1. ^ "Index".
  2. ^ http://www.francquifoundation.be/wp-content/uploads/Rapport-Jury-de-Callatay_en.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Revue de la SRNB, 1981 p. 166.

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