Royal Numismatic Society Of Belgium
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. About the Society 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 The Society publishes the journal ''Revue Belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie'' and an annual bibliography of numismatics (since 1988). Prizes 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 Awarded every four years. Inaugurated in 1976, and first awarded in 1981. * 2014 Lyce Jankowski - on Chinese numismatics * 200Christophe Flament* 1998 François de Callataÿ * 1981 ...
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Numismatics
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includes the broader study of money and other means of payment used to resolve debts and exchange goods. The earliest forms of money used by people are categorised by collectors as "Odd and Curious", but the use of other goods in barter exchange is excluded, even where used as a circulating currency (e.g., cigarettes or instant noodles in prison). As an example, the Kyrgyz people used horses as the principal currency unit, and gave small change in lambskins; the lambskins may be suitable for numismatic study, but the horses are not. Many objects have been used for centuries, such as cowry shells, precious metals, cocoa beans, large stones, and gems. Etymology First attested in English 1829, the word ''numismatics'' comes from the adjective ...
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Lyce Jankowski
Lyce Jankowski (born 1982) is a numismatist, specialising in East Asia, and an art historian, specialising in Chinese material culture. Career Jankowski graduated in Classics (Licence and Maitrise at the Université Paris-Sorbonne), in Chinese (Licence at the Institut National des Langues Orientales, Paris), in Antiquity (Magistère at the Ecole Normale Supérieure) and in Art History (Licence, Master and Doctorat at the Université Paris-Sorbonne). Her studies of the contacts between Imperial Rome and Han China sparked an interest in numismatics. She studied Chinese numismatics with François Thierry (numismatist), curator of the Asian coin collection at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BnF); numismatics at the American Numismatic Society E. Newman seminar; Greek and Roman coinage in Paris with Olivier Picard and Michel Amandry; and Central Asian numismatics with Osmund Bopearachchi. For her PhD, she explored the social networks of coin collectors in 19th century China. Th ...
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Hubertus Goltzius
Hubert Goltz or Goltzius (30 October 1526 – 24 March 1583) was a Renaissance painter, engraver, and printer from the Southern Netherlands. He is not to be confused with the much more famous Hendrik Goltzius, who was his cousin, once removed. Life The early Flemish biographer Karel van Mander states in his ''Schilder-boeck'' (1604) that Goltzius was born in Venlo from parents who were originally from Wurzburg.Hubert Goltz
in: Karel van Mander, ''Het Schilder-boeck'', 1604 He was a pupil of . He spent 12 years in Antwerp working on a book of engravings of antiquities, called "Medaglien oft tronien der Roomsche Keysers" (medallions or busts of Roman emperors).
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Belgian Awards
Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct language formerly spoken in Gallia Belgica *Belgian Dutch or Flemish, a variant of Dutch *Belgian French, a variant of French *Belgian horse (other), various breeds of horse *Belgian waffle, in culinary contexts * SS ''Belgian'', a cargo ship in service with F Leyland & Co Ltd from 1919 to 1934 *''The Belgian'', a 1917 American silent film See also * *Belgica (other) *Belgic (other) Belgic may refer to: * an adjective referring to the Belgae, an ancient confederation of tribes * a rarer adjective referring to the Low Countries or to Belgium * , several ships with the name * Belgic ware, a type of pottery * Belgic Confession, a ...

Awards For Numismatics
This list of numismatics awards is an index to articles about notable awards given for significant contributions to the field of numismatics. Adna G. Wilde Jr. Memorial for Exemplary Service Administered by the American Numismatic Association—named for Adna G. Wilde Jr, past president of the ANA, the award honors an ANA member who dedicates his or her time and resources to strengthen the hobby and further the educational mission of the ANA, and sets an example for others to follow. Akbar Silver Medal Administered by the Numismatic Society of India. ANA Lifetime Achievement Award Administered by the American Numismatic Association—This award is presented to an individual, family, firm or judicial entity that has made outstanding contributions to organized numismatics ANA Numismatist of the Year Award Administered by the American Numismatic Association—first presented in 1995, the award was established to recognize individuals within the numismatic community who have ...
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