Numismatic Art Award for Excellence in Medallic Sculpture
This award honors an artist whose cumulative lifetime achievement in the field of medallic sculpture has been of the highest order. Established in 1966 to recognize a living medallic artist of the highest caliber, past winners have included Paul Vincze (1966), Gilroy Roberts — who designed the NAAEMS award (1967), Robert Weinman (1975), Eugene Daub (1991), Leonda Finke (2006) and, more recently, Paul Huybrechs (2021). The award exemplifies the fine art of design and sculpture, and is presented at the ANA World’s Fair of Money® each year.
Past NAAEMS Awards Recipients
1966 Paul Vincze
1967 Gilroy Roberts
1968 Frank Gasparro
1969 Edward Grove
1970 C. Paul Jennewein
1971 Ralph Menconi
1972 Elizabeth Jones
1973 Gertrude Lathrop
1974 Abram Belskie
1975 Robert Weinman
1976 No Recipient
1977 Karen Worth
1978 Mico Kaufman
1979 Donald De Lue
1980 Bruno Mankowski
1981 Joseph Kiselewski
1982 Adlai Hardin
1983 No Recipient
1984 Anthony Jones
1985 Philip Nathan
1986 No Recipient
1987 Marcel Jovine
1988 John Cook
1989 Marika Somogyi
1990 Alex Shagin
1991 Eugene Daub
1992 Dora de Pedery-Hunt
1993 Chester Martin
1994 Don Everhart II
1995 Patricia Verani
1996 Edward Steever IV
1997 Virginia Janssen
1998 Gerta Ries Wiener
1999 Hal Reed
2000 Thomas Rogers, Sr.
2001 John Mercanti
2002 T. James Ferrell
2003 Ron Landis
2004 No Recipient
2005 Garrett Burke
2006 Leonda Finke
2007 Jeanne Stevens-Sollman
2008 Jim Licaretz
2009 Merlin Szasz
2010 Ivanka Mincheva
2011 Michael Meszaros
2012 Mashiko
2013 James MaloneBeach
2014 Ron Dutton
2015 Angelo Grilli
2016 Bogomil Nikolov
2017 E. Richard Bonham
2018 Carsten Theumer
2019 Magdalena Dobrucka
2020 Victor Huster
2021 Paul Huybrechts
2022 Amanullah Haiderzad
2023 Romualdas Inčirauskas