NUMISMATIC SOCIETY, 41, TAVISTOCK STREET, COVENT GARDEN. Instituted 1836, chiefly through the exertions of Dr. Lee of Hartwell, near Aylesbury, and since maintained by the talents and industry of Mr. J.Y.Akerman. Admission fee 1 guinea; annual subscription, 30 shillings. The Society publishes a journal once a quarter.

Peter Cunningham, Hand-Book of London, 1850