Irish Coinage in Context

Come along to a day of coin talks, displays and a tour on 6th April organised by The Numismatic Society of Ireland (Northern Branch) in the Ulster Museum, home to the numismatic collections containing over 50,000 tokens, banknotes, medals and more. 

Curator Tour - 12:00 to 12:45 

Explore our numismatic collections and the scientific, artistic, social, cultural, and political value that they hold in this fascinating curator tour. Discover some of the best Irish coinage in the world, as well as our wider currency collections, tokens and medals. 

Please meet at 11:50 in Ulster Museum's atrium for the curator tour. 

Numismatic Talks - 14:00 to 17:00 

There’ll be four informative talks across the day, covering different aspects of Irish coinage. From research into the objects and documents, the role of coins as an impartial witness to the centuries-long social unrest in Ireland, to the pleasure of collecting and studying Irish coins as a hobby!

See the four scheduled talk titles below: 

• 14:20 to 15:00 - David Guest (Classical Numismatic Group),  ‘Irish Treasures from the Cope Collection’ 
• 15:20 to 15:40 - Oisín Mac Conamhna, ‘The Suns and Roses Coinage of Drogheda: a Die Study and Corpus’ 
• 15:40 to 16:00 - Dr Nicholas Wright, ‘Money Talks’ 
• 16:00 to 16:40 - David Collins (Member NSI-NB), ‘The Irish Coins of Mary Tudor’ 

What to know 

• This event will take place from 12:00 to 17:00 in the Belfast Room at Ulster Museum.  
• There will be a break from 12:45 to 14:00 and a coffee break from 15:00 to 15:20 - refreshments will be provided during the coffee break. 
• Free to attend and no booking needed. 

This event is organised in partnership with the Numismatic Society of Ireland (Northern Branch)

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