Longtime member to be presented with highest honor give by the ANA
Hall of Fame numismatist Neil Shafer will be presented with
the American Numismatic Association’s highest honor, the 2014 Farran Zerbe
Memorial Award, on Aug. 8 during the Awards Banquet at the Chicago World’s Fair
of MoneySM in Rosemont, Illinois.
Memorial Award is the highest honor conferred by the ANA and is given in
recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics.
honored to be given this prestigious award,” Shafer said. “Having been an ANA
member for over 60 years, I have tried to contribute to the numismatic hobby in
a meaningful way, and it is gratifying to know that my work has been
appreciated.”
dedication to the hobby includes being an instructor at Summer Seminar and
authoring numismatic articles for major publications. He has also been a coin
club officer and exhibited and judged at numerous conventions, including ANA
shows, Central States and FUN. Shafer’s work with Young Numismatist and Scout
programs has helped to ensure the hobby is passed on to new generations.
awards for his contributions to the hobby, some of which include the ANA’s
Medal of Merit (1990), Adult Advisor of the Year (1993), Presidential Award
(1996), Lifetime Achievement Award (2007). Other awards he has won are the
Numismatic Literary Guild Clemmy Award (2004), and the Central States
Numismatic Society Elston G. Bradfield Writer’s Award (1989). In 2008, he was
enshrined in the Numismatic Hall of Fame.
member of the Milwaukee Midwest Chapter of the IBNS and is also a member of the
Numismatic and Antiquarian Society as well as a number of other numismatic
clubs.
Shafer in the August issue of The Numismatist.
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