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Oriental Numismatic Society
The annual 2005 meeting in the Netherlands
Saturday 15 October 2005
The Museum of Antiquities / Royal Coin cabinet, Rapenburg 26, Leiden
On Saturday October 15th 2005, the annual ONS-meeting in the Netherlands will be held at the premises of the
National Museum of Antiquities, Rapenburg 28 at Leiden.
(!!! Museum entrance !!!)
Again a number of different subjects will be covered. As previous years, we propose to end the day with a diner in an oriental atmosphere and again as previous year we have opted for the speciality restaurant Asian Palace. We hope that again many people will attend the ONS-meeting and stimulate the mutual contact among the members.
The tentative program will be:
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| 09.30 - 10.15 |
Welcome with coffee/tea in the museum cafe at the ground floor of museum
of Antiquities.
Note: Due the merger of the Royal Coin-cabinet into the Money- and Bank Museum, the
activities at Leiden have ceased from the 1st of October 2003 and to be moved to
Utrecht where the new museum will be housed at the premises of the present Royal
Dutch Mint. We are very grateful to the director of the Money- and Bank Museum
that for our annual meeting accommodation is provided at the Museum of Antiquities
at Leiden till the proposed Museum in Utrecht is functioning.
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| 10.30 - 12.30 |
lectures will be held in the auditorium at the 2nd floor of the Museum of
Antiquities.
Some of the topics of the meeting will be on the Pre-Islamic coinage of
Central Asia by Drs. Anne van 't Haaff and ZENO.RU - The Oriental
Numismatics on-line database by Mr. Vladimir Belyaev, as well as a few
other subjects.
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| 12.45 - 14.00 |
Joint lunch (aprox. €. 10.0/p.) at Camino Real, Doelensteeg 8.
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| 14.15 - 14.45 |
Lectures in the auditorium at the 2nd floor of the Museum of Antiquities;
Continuation of the morning session.
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| 14.45 - 15.00 |
viewing of the coins for auction. |
| 15.00 - 16.30 |
Auction of some Oriental coins. (Again a number of coins have been donated to
the ONS. With the proceeds of this auction, the ONS will be supported; 5% will
be added to the hammer price) The auction list can, from the middle of September, also be consulted at the ONS website: The auction list also illustrated by coin images in the database ZENO.RU.
Any postal-bids should be sent to the address mentioned below.
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| 16.30-17.00 |
Communications among members and informal get-together.
(Note: the museum closes at 17.00 h.)
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| 17.15 - c. 21.00 |
A drink at North End English Pub (on the corner of
Noordeinde / Rapenburg, followed by a diner (c. € 20,=/p. excl.
drinks) in the speciality restaurant Asian Palace, Steenstraat 55. |
We hope to welcome as many members as previous years.
Please inform us, at the latest before the 12th of Oct.,
whether you are planning to attend the meeting and if you will stay with
us for diner.
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Please do inform:
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Jan Lingen
Dr. A.Schweitzerstraat 29
NL - 2861 XZ
Bergambacht
telf.: +31 (0)182-35 70 92
GSM: +31 06 533 06 189
fax.: +31 (0)182-35 70 93
E-mail: lingen@wxs.nl
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Travelguide and parkingfacilities at Leiden:
Leiden is easily reached by train from either Amsterdam, The Hague or
Rotterdam. The museum is located at approx. 10 minutes walking distance from
the railway-station.
By car the locality can be reached as follows:
via motorway A4 (Amsterdam - Rotterdam): turn off the motorway at
"Leiden/Zoeterwoude dorp, resp. Voorschoten", follow N206 direction Katwijk
(via Europaweg, Voorschoterweg, Churchilllaan), just before the bridge
across the river Old Rhine turn left, (Haagweg) and follow direction
"CENTRUM"
Parking
within the city limits of Leiden need, almost without exception, to be paid
for.
Visitors by car are advised, after having followed the before mentioned
route into the direction CENTRUM, to follow the signs P "Haagweg". From here
it takes approx. 5 - 10 minutes to walk to the museum. Small coaches may
bring you to the centre as well. A day-ticket will cost €4. Parking
along the Rapenburg is also possible, a day-ticket will cost €8,=.
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