Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique

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The Société Royale de Numismatique de Belgique was founded in 1841 and is one of the oldest still active associations for numismatics worldwide. Your magazine is the Revue belge de Numismatique et de Sigillographie (SRNB).

history

After the Royal Numismatic Society was founded in London in 1836 , the first numismatic journal Revue Numismatique was published in Paris , and the Belgian government proclaimed the creation of a national coin collection in 1838, numismatics was a hot topic in the clubs and salons of the time and so decided in 1841 A small group of coin lovers in Tirlemont founded a numismatic society with the aim of publishing a magazine for Belgian numismatics: the Revue de la Numismatique Belge . The first edition appeared in 1842, and then appeared annually in 1846. Since the limitation to Belgian numismatics was soon felt to be too narrow, and in order to do justice to the interest in ancient numismatics, the magazine was changed to Revue belge de Numismatique in 1875 and expanded in 1909 to include the addition et de Sigillographie ( Sphragistics ).

In addition to a library, the company also set up its own coin and medal collection from 1860 onwards. Thanks to donations from members and the state, this grew to a considerable value. Due to the sale of the magazine as well as high membership fees and subsidies, the financial resources of the society were good, so that high reserves could be built up. With the First World War and the occupation of Belgium, the German military set up an auxiliary hospital in the Palais des Académies in Brussels , where the society had its offices including archive, library and coin and medal collection, and denied the society access. When the building was released again, the collection was looted and the library destroyed, and many archival materials were lost. As a result of inflation, financial assets were also lost, but the company managed to publish reduced editions of its magazine. During the Second World War, the company suspended its work and the first post-war edition appeared in 1946.

The society was initially limited to 35 ordinary members and was in fact a closed circle in which selected candidates were only open to admission after the death of members. There were also corresponding members and honorary members. It was not until 1958 and 1968 that society reformed and opened up to a wider audience. From 1974 there are institutional members.

In 1885 Marie de Man became the first woman to join the company.

Since French was the upper class language in old Belgium, it was not until 1966 that society opened up to Dutch. Since 1980 the magazine has also been published with the Dutch title Tijdschrift voor Numismatiek en Zegelkunde . Articles can be submitted in the three national languages ​​and English.

The goals of the society today consist in the organization of regular events, exhibitions and conferences around the numismatics, the publication of the magazine, as well as in the general support of all those enterprises, which help the interdisciplinary exchange and progress in the society.

President

Initially, presidents could run an unlimited number of times, but since 1949 the presidency has been limited to two terms of office of three years each.

  • Joachim Lelewel (Honorary President) (1841–1848)
  • Renier Chalon (1848-1887)
  • Alphonse de Schodt (1887-1889)
  • Baudouin de Jonghe (1889-1925)
  • Victor Tourneur (1925-1949)
  • Marcel Hoc (1949–1955)
  • Jules Desneux (1955–1961)
  • Paul Naster (1961-1967)
  • Marcel Hoc (1967–1973)
  • Jean Jadot (1973-1976)
  • Emile Brouette (1976-1980)
  • Paul De Baeck (1980-1982)
  • Maurice Colaert (1982–1988)
  • Tony Hackens (1988-1990)
  • Luc Smolderen (1990–1996)
  • Hubert Frère (1996-1999)
  • Pierre Cockshaw (1999-2005)
  • Raf van Laere (2005-2008)
  • Jean-Luc Dengis (2008-2011)
  • Johan van Heesch (2011-2014)
  • François de Callataÿ (since 2017)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christof Boehringer: Bronze - Silver - Gold. Reflections on the denominations of some Sicilian gold coins , in: Vol. 145 (1999), pp. 49–59 (as an example for a German-language article).