NBS Awards
In order to promote excellence in the field of numismatic literature, and to recognize outstanding contributions to our house organ and the field of numismatic knowledge in general, the Numismatic Bibliomania Society has established several awards.
Best Asylum Article
Each year NBS members are invited to cast their votes for the Best Asylum Article.Aaron Feldman Exhibit Award
The Aaron Feldman Memorial Exhibit Award, established in 1991 by the Numismatic Bibliomania Society with a $3,000 endowment, is given by the American Numismatic Association to the best exhibit of numismatic literature at their annual convention. The award is named in honor of literature dealer Aaron Feldman, who has been credited with "coining" the phrase, "Buy the book before the coin." See Exhibits for a full listing of past exhibits and winners.Jack Collins Award
The Jack Collins Award for Overall Contribution to Numismatic Literature, established in 1998, is given on an occasional basis to an individual deemed to have made an important, lasting contribution to the body of numismatic literature.E-sylum edited by Wayne Homren was presented with a Special Merit award at the 2003 ANA Annual Convention! Congratulations to Wayne for a great job of editing!
Past NBS Award Winners | ||
2007 - Milwaukee | ||
| 1st & People's Choice | Leon A. Saryan, Ph.D. | Seminal Works of 19th Century Armenian Numismatic Literature |
| 2nd | Lawrence Sekulich | The Provenance of Tudeer 99a |
| 3rd | Emmett McDonald | Metric Coinage |
2005 - San Francisco | ||
| 2nd | Leo Shane | A Colonial Merchant's Dilemma |
2004 - Pittsburgh | ||
| 1st | David W. Lange | Coin Boards 1934-2004 |
| 2nd | Lawrence Sekulich | An 18th Century Magnum Opus |
| 3rd | Wayne K. Homren | Numismatic Literature of Western Pennsylvania Numismatic Society Members: The First 100 Years |
2003 - Baltimore | ||
| 3rd | Radford Stearns | Researching the Sestroretsk Ruble |
2002 - New York, NY |
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| 1st | Jim Neiswinter | First Photographic Plate in American Numismatics |
2001 - Atlanta, GA |
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| 1st | David Sklow | ANA Membership: The Printed Record |
| 2nd | David G. Provost | US Commemorative Coin Advertisements of 1937 |
| 3rd | Pete Smith | Contemporary Illustrations of the Second Philadelphia Mint | 2000 - Philadelphia, PA |
| 1st | Tom Sheehan | Building a Set of The Numismatist |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | Auction Catalogs That Led Me to Collect Numismatic Literature |
1999 - Chicago, IL | ||
| 1st | Lawrence Sekulich | A Bibliographic Introduction to Collecting Ancient Greek Coins | 1998 - Portland, OR |
| 1st | Michael J. Sullivan | An Overview of Bank Note Reporters and Counterfeit Detectors for Paper Money |
| 2nd | Donna Malloy | The Literature of Military Payment Certificates |
| 3rd | John R. Eshbach | The Start of Something Big: 1st November 1858 |
| P. Scott Rubin | 19th Century U.S. Auction Catalogs Distributed by Coin Dealers other than the Catalogers | |
| NC | Wayne K. Homren | A Selection of American Numismatic Literature Prospectuses | 1997 - New York, NY |
No Exhibits due to space limitations | 1996 - Denver, CO |
| 1st | Pete Smith | The Challenging Literature of A. M. Smith |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | My Choice of Very Significant U.S. Auction Sales of the 19th and 20th Centuries |
| John A. Parker | A Brief History of the Heath Bond Detector | 1995 - Anaheim, CA |
| John Eshbach | The Life and Works of Charles T. Steigerwalt, Numismatist | 1994 - Detroit, MI |
| 1st | John Kraljevich | A Comparison of the Different Editions of Sheldon's Work on Large Cents |
| 2nd | Joel J. Orosz | Early Literature of Dave Bowers and Jim Ruddy |
| Steven Roach | B. Max Mehl--A Numismatic Legend | |
| Rian R. Thum | An Eighteenth Century Spanish Volume on Numismatics | 1993 - Baltimore, MD |
| 1st | P. Scott Rubin | American Numismatic Literature--Then and Now |
| Frank Katen | American Numismatic Literature | |
| Rian R. Thum | The Evolution of Literature on Large Date (1840-1857) Large Cents | |
| John Kraljevich | A Comparison of the Different Editions of Sheldon's Work on Large Cents | 1992 - Orlando, FL |
| 1st | Wayne K. Homren | A Selection of Numismatic Ephemera |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | Auction Catalogs as Information Sources |
| Bob Metzger | Tracing a Pedigree Through Auction Catalogs | |
| Benjamin M. Phillips | The Evolution of YN Digest | |
| Robert Turfboer | King Otto Grants Mining Rights | |