BOOKS

 

BOOK OF THE YEAR – The work having the greatest potential impact on numismatics: Abraham Lincoln: The Image of His Greatness, by Fred Reed 

 

BEST SPECIALIZED BOOK

 

          United States Coins: Whitman Encyclopedia of Colonial and Early American Coins, by Q. David Bowers

 

World Coins: (Tie) World's Greatest Mint Errors, by Mike Byers, and Collecting Ancient Greek Coins, by Paul Rynearson

 

U.S. Paper Money: The Early Paper Money of America, Fifth Edition, by Eric P. Newman

 

World Paper Money: Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, General Issues, 12^th Edition, George S. Cuhaj, Editor

 

Tokens and Medals: A Guide Book of United States Tokens and Medals, by Katherine Jaeger

 

          Numismatic Investments: The Coin Collector's Survival Manual, Sixth Edition, by Scott A. Travers

 

          Museum and Exhibition Catalogs: One Hundred Years of Solicitude: Collecting by the New York Numismatic Club, American Numismatic Society

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT:

 

A Guide Book of the Official Red Book of United States Coins, by Frank J. Colletti

 

Collecting Confederate Paper Money, Field Edition – 2008, by Pierre Fricke

 

Grading Coins by Photographs, by Q. David Bowers

 

Kansas Paper Money, by Steve Whitfield; Fred Reed, Editor

 

Lincoln Cent Matte Proofs, by Kevin Flynn

 

Profitable Coin Collecting, by David L. Ganz

 

The Athenian Decadrachm, by Wolfgang Fischer-Bossert

 

The Fantastic 1804 Dollar, Tribute Edition, by Eric P. Newman and Kenneth E. Bressett

 

The Treasure Ship S.S. New York, by Q. David Bowers

 

Treasure in the Cellar, by Leonard Augsburger

 

 

U.S. COMMERCIAL NUMISMATIC MAGAZINES

 

BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES

 

          Coins: "A Round of Applause for the Round Pound," Dom Yanchunas, COINage

 

          Tokens & Medals: "Lincoln Memorials," Jon Blackwell, COINage

 

          Paper Money: "The New Face of Counterfeiting," Marcy Gibbel, COINage

 

BEST COLUMN: "My Two Cents' Worth," Ed Reiter, COINage

 

BEST ISSUE: (Tie) Coins, January 2009, Robert R. Van Ryzin, Editor, and

COINage, February 2009, Ed Reiter, Senior Editor; Marcy Gibbel, Managing Editor

 

WORLD COMMERCIAL NUMISMATIC MAGAZINES

 

BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES

 

          Coins: "Story of 1646 Batavia Crown an Adventure," Mario L. Sacripante, World Coin News

 

Tokens & Medals: "Prisoners of Hope," Jeff Starck, WorldWide Coins

 

Paper Money: "Folly's War," Kerry Rodgers, Australasian Coin & Banknote Magazine

 

BEST COLUMN: "World Destinations," Dr. Howard M. Berlin, WorldWide Coins

 

BEST ISSUE: WorldWide Coins, January 2009, Andrew Perala, Managing Editor

 

 

NON-PROFIT OR CLUB NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS

 

BEST ARTICLE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS: "Lincoln Bicentennial," Fred Reed, The Numismatist

 

BEST COLUMN, LARGE PUBLICATIONS: "From the Collections Manager," Elena Stolyarik, ANS Magazine

 

BEST ISSUE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS: ANS Magazine, Winter 2008, Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Editor

 

BEST ARTICLE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS: "Hard Times Cents, Hard Times Nonsense," Jim Wells, California Numismatist

 

BEST COLUMN, SMALL PUBLICATIONS: "Exonumia From Your Neighborhood," David Gladfelter, Jerseyana

 

BEST ISSUE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS: John Reich Journal, May 2008, Brad Karoleff, Editor

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: Curry's Chronicle, Carson City Coin Collectors of America, Fall 2008, Rusty Goe, Editor 

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: TNA Youth Newsletter, Texas Numismatic Association, September 2008, Kathy Lawrence, Editor

 

 

NUMISMATIC NEWSPAPERS

 

BEST SPOT NEWS STORY OR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF DEVELOPING STORY IN NUMISMATICS: "Collectors Still Buying in Force," Steven Roach, Coin World

 

BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES

 

Coins: "Family Helps Bring Coin Board Titan to Life," David Lange, Numismatic News

 

          Tokens & Medals: "Little-Known Medals Make a Challenging Set," R.W. Julian, Numismatic News

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: "Saloon Tokens Vivid Reminders of American Western History," Jeff Starck, Coin World

 

Paper Money: "Redemption Errors," Lee Lofthus, Bank Note Reporter

 

BEST COLUMN: "Shades of the Blue and Grey," Fred L. Reed III, Bank Note Reporter

 

BEST ISSUE: Coin World, July 28, 2008, Beth Deisher, Editor

 

 

NON-NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS

 

THE MAURICE M. GOULD MEMORIAL AWARD, BEST COLUMN:  "Money Talk," Frank J. Colletti, Lost Treasure Magazine

 

BEST ARTICLE: "The Tetragrammaton on the Early Coins of Denmark & Sweden," Dr. Howard M. Berlin, The Jewish Voice

 

 

COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND INTERNET WEB SITES

 

BEST WEB SITE ARTICLE: "2009 Ultra-High Relief Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle," Mike Fuljenz, Universal Coin & Bullion, www.universalcoin.com

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: "The Famous 1943 Bronze Cents," Dr. Sol Taylor, SCV Communications Group, www.SolTaylor.com     

 

BEST DEALER WEB SITE: www.HA.com , Paul Minshull, Brian Shipman, Michael Weems and Ryan Sokol

 

BEST NON-COMMERCIAL WEB SITE: www.numismatics.org,  American Numismatic Society

 

BEST TRADE PRESS WEB SITE: www.numismaster.com, Krause Publications, David C. Harper, Editor

 

BEST SOFTWARE: (Tie) "www.HA.com/Live," Paul Minshull, Matt Jackson, Ryan Sokol and Michael Weems, Heritage Auction Galleries, and  "Gold Coins of the World: From Ancient Times to the Present," Arthur L. Friedberg and Ira S. Friedberg, The Coin & Currency Institute, Inc.

 

 

AUCTION CATALOGS

 

BEST AUCTION CATALOG, COINS AND CURRENCY: "The Lemus Collection, Queller Family Collection – Part Two," Heritage Numismatic Auctions

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: "The Ted Naftzger Collection, Part II," Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctioneers

 

BEST AUCTION CATALOG, BOOKS AND EXONUMIA: "The John W. Adams Collection," Stack's

 

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: "Bill Weber So-Called Dollars," Holabird-Kagin Americana

 

 

COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS

 

LEE MARTIN FOUNDER'S AWARD for Best Investment Newsletter: Maurice H. Rosen, The Rosen Numismatic Advisory

 

BEST DEALER-PUBLISHED MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER: Investor's Profit Advisory, Universal Coin & Bullion, Michael R. Fuljenz, Publisher

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

BEST ALL-AROUND PORTFOLIO: Dr. K.A. Rodgers

 

 

AUDIO-VISUAL

 

BEST RADIO REPORT: Coin Chat Radio's "Collecting Money," David C. Harper, www.coinchatradio.com

 

BEST TELEVISION REPORT: "The King of the Road Show, With Jim King," Michael R. Fuljenz, Universal Coin & Bullion

 

BEST NON-COMMERCIAL VIDEO: "FUN Convention Highlights, 2009," David Lisot, Producer/Director

 

BEST COMMERCIAL VIDEO: "The 1804 Class III Silver Dollar," Heritage Auctions, Greg Rohan and Mark Borckardt; David Lisot, Producer/Director

 

 

MEMORIAL AWARDS

 

JAMES L. MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD: Tom DeLorey, COINage, "Made in China"

 

CLEMENT F. BAILEY MEMORIAL AWARD, BEST NEW WRITER: Emily Haug, American Journal of Numismatics

 

 

THE RIBBET

 

Kay Lenker

 

 

THE CLEMY

 

Maurice H. Rosen