January 17, 2013 – At the British Numismatic Society’s Council meeting of 25 September 2012, it was unanimously decided that the 2012 North book prize for the best book on British numismatics should be awarded to Dr David Dykes for his volume on Currency and Coinage in Eighteenth-Century Britain: the Provincial Coinage.
Both this award and the Sanford Saltus Medal, which was awarded to Dr Martin Allen, were presented to the respective recipients at the Society’s November meeting.
The news was reported on the website of the BNS …
… and spread through the December issue of Money & Medals Newsletter.