Service Award Categories

Chester L. Krause Memorial Distinguished Service Award

Lifetime Achievement Award

Elvira Clain-Stefanelli Memorial Award for Achievement in Numismatics

Numismatist of the Year

Harry J. Forman Dealer of the Year Award

Numismatic Art Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture

Adna G. Wilde, Jr. Memorial Award for Exemplary Service

Medal of Merit

Glenn Smedley Memorial Award

Lawrence J. Gentile, Sr. Memorial Award for Outstanding Adult Advisor

Young Numismatist of the Year

Outstanding District Representative

Numismatic Hall of Fame

Numismatics is more than just coins, paper money, tokens and medals. It’s people.

To perpetuate and enshrine the names of the most important numismatists of all time, the American Numismatic Association established the Numismatic Hall of Fame at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The brainchild of Jack W. Ogilvie, a Hollywood film writer and editor who served as ANA historian from 1950 to 1970, the Numismatic Hall of Fame was created in August 1964. 

A constitution and bylaws were drafted that year, and the first inductees were named in 1969. The next group was enshrined in 1970, with subsequent honorees inducted every two years thereafter.

As trustee of the Numismatic Hall of Fame, the ANA ensures that the intent and purpose of the shrine is preserved without bias or prejudice. Prior to each induction year, nominations are accepted from the membership. 

After review by a five-member Hall of Fame council, the names and qualifications of the nominees are passed on to an elector panel. Members of the council, the ANA Board of Governors, and ANA appointed officers and staff are ineligible to serve as electors.

The Numismatic Hall of Fame at ANA headquarters features photographs and brief biographies of a selection of the honorees.

Prior to 2012, Numismatic Hall of Fame nominations were conducted every two years. Beginning in 2012, Hall of Fame nominations became an annual tradition, with historic numismatists honored in odd-numbered years and modern collectors honored in even-number years.

Maintained by the ANA at its Colorado Springs headquarters, the HOF elects individuals in alternating annual cycles. This year, “Historic Era” nominees (individuals deceased more than 25 years prior to induction) will be considered. Candidates are not required to be present or past ANA members.

Nominations are accepted October 1 through January 15.

ANA Literary Awards

The American Numismatic Association presents literary awards to outstanding young writers. Each category is named in honor of a Whitman author dedicated to educating the next generation of numismatists. YN Literary Awards are announced annually at Summer Seminar. 

Submission Guidelines

• Send submissions to Sydney Stewart (sstewart@money.org) no later than April 1.
• Provide your ANA member number, category of submission, and contact information (email, phone number, and address) on the first page.
• Include the author’s name and award category in the file name.
• Submissions are accepted in Microsoft Word or PDF format only.
• Up to three submissions per author are allowed.
• Submissions previously published in The Numismatist are not accepted.

Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of judges, including Bill Fivaz, Mitch Sanders, and Ken Bressett.

Outstanding Club Publications

Submissions for the ANA’s annual Barbara J. Gregory Outstanding Club Publications competition are accepted January through March. Honors are presented at the World’s Fair of Money® in four categories—local, regional, specialty and electronic. Each publication may enter in only one category. The contest is open to clubs that issued newsletters or journals on a regular basis during the previous calendar year, are current with their ANA dues, and do not have an elected ANA officer or an ANA employee as editor or assistant editor.

Submission Guidelines

Submissions for all categories must include three samples of publications from the previous year and can be either mailed or emailed. Also required with the entry are the category of submission; the editor’s name and email; and the name, address, phone number, and email address of the submitter. Entries must be postmarked or emailed to ANA Creative Content Editor Olivia McCommons (omccommons@money.org) no later than April 1. 

Judging Criteria

Publications are rated on a scale of 1 to 5 (1-poor, 5-excellent) in the following areas: General appearance/appeal; consistency of format; neatness/readability; presentation of club-related news; presentation of numismatic/scholarly info; aptness/quality of illustrations; and originality/creativity.  The size of the club and the amount of funds expended is not a factor in judging.

For more information, contact the Publications Department at omccommons@money.org.

Howland Wood Memorial Award

Interested in exhibiting?

The Collector Exhibits at ANA Conventions is one of the best attended and most interesting parts of the show. There are educational displays on every area of numismatics from ancient coins and artifacts, tokens and medals, world coins, to modern United States coins and paper money. The individual creativity is rivaled only by the quality and variety of the items on display. Each display invites the viewer to Discover and Explore the World of Money.

Members are invited to share their knowledge, research, creativity and collections with other members and the general public at ANA’s annual conventions by preparing and displaying a numismatic exhibit.