The John Sanford Saltus Medal is the premier distinction of the
British Numismatic Society
The British Numismatic Society (BNS) is an organisation for promoting and realization of the study of British coins and medals. It was founded in 1903.
Publications
Its principal publication is the ''British Numismatic Journal'', (published from ...
, awarded triennially, on the vote of Members, for the recipient's scholarly contributions to British Numismatics. The medal was established in 1910 with a generous donation by Mr John Sanford Saltus (1854-1922), a past-President of the Society.
Although the award was initially based on publications in the ''British Numismatic Journal'', the regulations were widened in 2005 to take account of an author's entire publications in the field and to make non-members eligible for the award. An appeal in 2005 established a Prize Fund to support this and the Society's other prizes.
Recipients of the Medal
*1910:
P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton
*1911:
Helen Farquhar
Helen Laura Farquhar (1859 – 1953) was a British numismatist and a founder member of the British Numismatic Society in 1903. Farquhar served on the British Numismatic Society Council many times from 1910-1946 and was Vice-President at various ...
*1914: W. J. Andrew
*1917: L. A. Lawrence
*1920: Lt Col. H. W. Morrieson
*1923: H. A. Parsons
*1926: G. R. Francis
*1929: J. S. Shirley-Fox
*1932: C. Winter
*1935: R. Carlyon-Britton
*1938: W. C. Wells
*1941: C. A. Whitton
*1944: (Not awarded)
*1947: R. C. Lockett
*1950: C. E. Blunt
*1953:
D. F. Allen
*1956: F. Elmore Jones
*1959: R. H. M. Dolley
*1962: H. H. King
*1965: H. Schneider
*1968: E. J. Winstanley
*1968: C. W. Peck (posthumous award)
*1971: B. H. I. H. Stewart
*1974: C. S. S. Lyon
*1977: S. E. Rigold
*1980:
Marion M. Archibald
*1983:
D. M. Metcalf
*1986:
Joan E. L. Murray
*1989: H. E. Pagan
*1992: C. E. Challis
*1995: J. J. North
*1997:
P. Grierson (special award)
*1999:
R. H. Thompson
*2002: E. M. Besly
*2005: P. Woodhead
*2008:
M. A. S. Blackburn
*2011: M. R. Allen
References
The Sanford Saltus Medal on the British Numismatic Society website
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Awards for numismatics