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.
NBS 2023 Awards
Listed below are the awards received by NBS or by NBS Members in 2022.
- 2023: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Electronic Numismatic Publication: First Place, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren
- 2023: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: Third Place, The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor
For a complete list of all awards given to NBS publications, >> click here.
Below are links to all awards given by The Numismatric Bibliomania Society 1979-2023.
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- ANA Literature Exhibits Award Winners
- Armand Champa for Best Article in The Asylum
- NBS Writer's Award for Best Article in The Asylum
- Joel J. Orosz Award for Best Article in The Asylum (2012-Present)
- Jack Collins Award for Overall Contributions to Numismatic Literature
- Jack Collins Award for Best New Author in The Asylum
- Aaron Feldman Lifetime Achievement Award
- George F. Kolbe Award for Lifetime Achievement Numismatic Literature
- Aaron Feldman Award for Exhibits
- NBS Exhibit Award Winners
NBS Publications Awards
| 2023: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Electronic Numismatic Publication: | First Place, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren |
| 2023: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: | Third Place, The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor |
| 2022: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Electronic Numismatic Publication: | First Place, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren |
| 2022: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: | Third Place, The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor |
| 2021: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Electronic Numismatic Publication: | First Place, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren, Editor |
| 2021: American Numismatic Association, Young Numismatist of the Year Award: | Kellen Hoard, The E-Sylum, August 29, 2021 issue |
| 2021: Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Numismatic Writing: | Joel J. Orosz, The Asylum, Vol. 39, No. 3 |
| 2020: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: | First Place, The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor |
| 2018: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: | Second Place, The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor |
| 2017: Numismatic Literary Guild, PCGS Education Award: | The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren, Editor |
| 2017: Numismatic Literary Guild, Best Issue, Guild Small Club Publications: | The Asylum, Maria Fanning, Editor, Autumn 2016 issue |
| 2017: Numismatic Literary Guild, Best Column, Guild Small Club Publications: | David F. Fanning, “Off the Shelf,” The Asylum |
| 2015: Numismatic Literary Guild, Best Column, Guild Small Club Publications: | David F. Fanning, “Off the Shelf,” The Asylum |
| 2014: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Specialty Club Publication: | Third Place, Numismatic Bibliomania Society, The Asylum, David Yoon, Editor |
| 2013: Numismatic Literary Guild, Best Non-Trade Press Website: | Numismatic Bibliomania Society, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren, Editor, August 15, 2013 issue |
| 2012: Numismatic Literary Guild, Best Non-Trade Press Website: | Numismatic Bibliomania Society, The E-Sylum, Wayne Homren, Editor, August 12, 2012 issue |
| 2008: Burnett Anderson Memorial Award for Numismatic Writing: | Wayne K. Homren, Editor, The E-Sylum, August 10, 2008 issue |
| 2005: American Numismatic Association, Outstanding Club Publications Contest, Electronic Newsletters: | Second Place, The E-Sylum, Wayne K. Homren, Editor |
| 2003: American Numismatic Association, Club Representatives’ Awards: | Special Merit Award, The E-Sylum. Wayne K. Homren, Editor |
| 1998: American Numismatic Association, Club Representatives’ Award: | Third Place, specialty Numismatic Publication, The Asylum, George Frederick Kolbe, Editor |
| 1993: American Numismatic Association, Club Representatives’ Award: | First Place, Specialized Publications, The Asylum, Charles Davis, Editor |
Armand Champa Award for Best Article in The Asylum (1986-1996) | |
| Awarded at 1996 NBS Annual Meeting: | Denis Loring (Vol 14, No 3), 1996 |
| Awarded at 1995 NBS Annual Meeting: | Del Bland (Vol 13, No 3), 1995 |
| Awarded at 1994 NBS Annual Meeting: | John Bergman (Vol 12, No 3), 1994 |
| Awarded at 1993 NBS Annual Meeting: | George Fuld and Frank Katen (Vol 11, No 3), 1993 |
| Awarded at 1992 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz (Vol 10, No 4), 1992 |
| Awarded at 1991 NBS Annual Meeting: | George Frederick Kolbe and Jack Collins (Vol 9, No 4), 1991 |
| Awarded at 1990 NBS Annual Meeting: | No names published in The Asylum |
| Awarded at 1989 NBS Annual Meeting: | Eric P. Newman and Q. David Bowers (Vol 7, No 3), 1989 |
| Awarded at 1988 NBS Annual Meeting: | John J. Ford and John W. Adams (Vol 6, No 3), 1988 |
| Awarded at 1987 NBS Annual Meeting: | Carling Gresham (Vol 5, No 4), 1987 |
| Established at NBS Board Meeting, August 7, 1986 | (The Asylum, Vol 4, No 3, 1986) |
| [Superseded after 1996 by the NBS Writer's Award for Best Article inThe Asylum] | |
NBS Writer's Award for Best Article in The Asylum (1997-Present) | |
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| [Superseded after 2011 by the Joel J. Orosz Award for Best Article in The Asylum | |
| Awarded at 2011 NBS Annual Meeting: | Frank Campbell (Vol. 29, No. 3), 2011 |
| Awarded at 2010 NBS Annual Meeting: | Leonard Augsburger (Vol 28, Nos. 3 & 4), 2010 |
| Awarded at 2009 NBS Annual Meeting: | No name published in The Asylum or E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2008 NBS Annual Meeting: | No name published in The Asylum or E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2007 NBS Annual Meeting: | No name published in The Asylum or E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2006 NBS Annual Meeting: | Karl Moulton |
| Awarded at 2005 NBS Annual Meeting: | David F. Fanning (Vol 23, No 4), 2005 |
| Awarded at 2004 NBS Annual Meeting: | No name published in The Asylum or E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2003 NBS Annual Meeting: | No name published in The Asylum or E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2002 NBS Annual Meeting: | Q. David Bowers (Vol 21 No 3), 2002-or-Pete Smith (Coin World, 8-26-02) |
| Awarded at 2001 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz Missing Masterpieces: the Twilight Zone of American Numismatic LiteratureVol. 18, No. 3, per The August 19, 2001 issue ofThe E-Sylum |
| Awarded at 2000 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz (Vol 18, No 3), 2000 |
| Awarded at 2000 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz, "Ad Hominem, Ad Nauseum: The Great DebateBetween Michael Hodder and Theodore Buttrey Vol. 17, No. 3 |
| Awarded at 1999 NBS Annual Meeting: | Randolph Zander E-Sylum, Vol 12 No 33 |
| Awarded at 1998 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz,The Numismatic Bibliomania Society, 1980-1997: A History of Seventeen Years in Fifteen VolumesVol. 15, No. 4 |
| Established at NBS Board Meeting, 1997 | (The Asylum, Vol 15, No 3), 1997 |
Joel J. Orosz Award for Best Article in The Asylum (2012-Present) | |
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| Awarded at 2023 NBS Annual Meeting: | Darryl A. Atchinson, “The Lunatics Are Running the Asylum” |
| Awarded at 2022 NBS Annual Meeting | Jim Neiswinter for Two Versions of the Levick Plate of 1793 Cents |
| Awarded at 2021 NBS Annual Meeting: | Leonard Augsburger and Joel J. Orosz, The Rare First Printing Of The Fantastic 1804 Dollar: An Explanatory and Comprehensive Census of Surviving CopiesVol. 38, No. 4. |
| Awarded at 2020 NBS Annual Meeting: | Jim Neiswinter, "Written History of 1793 Cents" Vol. 37, No. 3. |
| Awarded at 2019 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz, "Del Bland's William H. Sheldon-Inscribed Copy Of Early American Cents: Before the Sheriff Nabbed the Switcher" Vol. 36, No. 4. |
| Awarded at 2018 NBS Annual Meeting: | Joel J. Orosz, "Numismatique du Voyage du Jeune Anacharsis" Vol 35, No. 1. |
| Awarded at 2017 NBS Annual Meeting | Christopher Faulker, "In Defense of a Library" (v.34 n.4) |
| Awarded at 2016 NBS Annual Meeting: | David Yoon, "The First 'Catalogue' of the ANS Library" Vol 33, No. 4 |
| Awarded at 2015 NBS Annual Meeting: | John J. Kraljevich, "In Memory of a Mensch" Vol. 32, No. 1 |
| Awarded at 2014 NBS Annual Meeting: | George F. Kolbe, "The Reminiscences of a Numismatic Bookseller" published serially in Vol 31, Nos 1,2,4 |
| Awarded at 2013 NBS Annual Meeting: | Roger S. Siboni, John L. Howes, and Buell Ish, "The Collectors and Their Collections: A Chapter from The State Coinage of New Jersey" Vol 30, No. 2 (per The September 1, 2013 issue ofThe E-Sylum). |
| Awarded at 2012 NBS Annual Meeting: | Pete Smith, "Three Degrees of Dave Bowers" Vol. 29, No. 4 |
Jack Collins Award for Overall Contributions to Numismatic Literature (1997-2003) | |
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| Established at NBS Board meeting, 1997 | (The Asylum, Vol 15, No 3, 1997 |
| To be given periodically, not to exceed one award per year. | |
| Awarded at 2003 NBS Annual Meeting: | Wayne K. Homren (Board meeting notes in NBS Archives) |
| Awarded at 2001 NBS Annual Meeting: | Q. David Bowers (The E-Sylum, Vol 4, No 34, Aug 19, 2001 |
| Awarded at 2000 NBS Annual Meeting: | Bill Malkmus (The E-Sylum, Vol 3, No 37, Sept 10, 2000) |
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Jack Collins Award for Best New Author in The Asylum (2008-Present) | |
| Established and endowed in perpetuity ($1000), but I cannot find in eitherThe Asylum orThe E-Sylum, at which NBS Board Meeting this action was taken, If memory serves, it was at NBS Board Meeting, 2008. | |
| Awarded at 2023 NBS Annual Meeting: Douglas Ward, “Enigmatic Numismystique: The Numismatist Purchase of 1908—Labor and Love” | |
| Awarded at 2022 NBS Annual Meeting: | Charles Sullivan, "The Curious Evolution of a Classic Numismatic Reference" |
| Awarded at 2021 NBS Annual Meeting: | Lawrence Lee: "John the Deaf Guy" Vol 38, No. 2 |
| Awarded at 2020 NBS Annual Meeting: | Kingsley Hong: "A Journey to the Bindery" Vol 37, No. 4 |
| Awarded at 2019 NBS Annual Meeting: | Michael Shutterly, "Buy the Book for the Coin: Books for the Byzantine Collector" Vol. 36, No. 1 |
| Awarded at 2018 NBS Annual Meeting: | Alan Workman, Fred Lake: A Bookseller's RetrospectiveVol. 35, No. 1. |
| Awarded at 2017 NBS Annual Meeting: | Shanna Berk Schmidt "The Harlan J. Berk Ltd. Numismatic Library" (v.34 n.2) |
| Awarded at 2016 NBS Annual Meeting: | Raymond Williams, Charles Bushnell's Manuscript, 'Early Currency.'Vol. 33, No. 2 |
| Awarded at 2015 NBS Annual Meeting: | Eleonora Giampiccolo, "A Brief History of the Medagliere of The Vatican Library" Vol. 32, No. 4 |
| Awarded at 2014 NBS Annual Meeting: | Arnold Tescher, "Hidden Voices in the ANS Archives: Emmanuel J. Attinelli Heard Again" Vol. 31, No. 4 |
| Awarded at 2013 NBS Annual Meeting: | Chris Faulkner, "The Man Who Slept in the Library of Parliament" Vol. 30, No. 4 (per the September 1, 2013 issue ofThe E-Sylum) |
| Awarded at 2012 NBS Annual Meeting: | James Higby, "Looks Like I Picked the Wrong Week to Stop Sniffing Numismatic Books" Vol. 29, No. 4 |
| Awarded at 2011 NBS Annual Meeting: | Harvey Stack, "The Stack Family Library Sale" Vol. 28, No. 1 |
| Awarded at 2010 NBS Annual Meeting: | Max Spiegel (vol. 28 Nos 3 & 4), 2010 |
| Awarded at 2009 NBS Annual Meeting: | Bill Bugert (The E-Sylum, Vol 12, No 33, Aug 16, 2009) |
Aaron Feldman Award for Lifetime Achievement (1991-1996) | |
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| Established at NBS Board Meeting, 1991, | (Vol 9, No 4), 1991 |
| This is distinct from the Aaron Feldman Memorial Exhibit Award, which was established and endowed by the NBS Board at the same annual meeting in 1991. This endowed award will be covered below; those listed in this section are the winners for lifetime achievement | |
| [Superseded after 1996 by the George Frederick Kolbe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Numismatic Literature] | |
| Awarded at 1996 NBS Annual Meeting: | Frank Van Zandt (Vol 14, No 3), 1996 |
| Awarded at 1995 NBS Annual Meeting: | Michael Hodder (Vol 13, No 3), 1995 |
| Awarded at 1994 NBS Annual Meeting: | Martin Gengerke (Vol 12, No 3), 1994 |
| Awarded at 1993 NBS Annual Meeting: | Charles Davis (Vol 11, No 3), 1993 |
| Awarded at 1992 NBS Annual Meeting: | Al Hoch and Wayne Homren (Vol X, No 4), 1992 |
| Awarded at 1991 NBS Annual Meeting: | Armand Champa (Vol IX, No 4), 1991 |
George Frederick Kolbe Award for Lifetime Achievement in Numismatic Literature (2010-Present) | |
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| Awarded at the 2022 Annual Meeting: | Charles Davis |
| Not Awarded in 2021 | |
| Not Awarded in 2020 | |
| Awarded at the 2019 Annual Meeting: | Charles Ricard. Vol. 37, No. 3 |
| Not Awarded in 2018 | |
| Not Awarded in 2017 | |
| Not Awarded in 2016 | |
| Awarded at 2015 NBS Annual Meeting: | Wayne Homren |
| Not awarded in 2014 | |
| Awarded at 2013 NBS Annual Meeting: | Dan Hamelberg |
| Not awarded in 2012 | |
| Awarded at 2011 NBS Annual Meeting: | Al Hoch, Vol 29, No 3 |
| Awarded at 2010 NBS Annual Meeting: | George Frederick Kolbe and John W. Adams (Vol 28, Nos 3 & 4), 2010 |
Aaron Feldman Memorial Exhibit Award (1991-Present) | |
| Established and endowed in perpetuity ($3000) at NBS Board Meeting, 1991 (Vol 9, No 4), 1991. A complete list of the winners (first, second and third place) for this Award from 1992 to 2019 are listed here: Aaron Feldman Memorial Exhibit Award (click to view). | |
Young Numismatist Writing Contest | |
| Established at NBS Board Meeting, 1996 (Vol 14, No 3), 1996. There is no evidence in The Asylum that this contest was ever held, nor any prizes awarded | |
Certificate of Recognition | |
| Awarded at 1991 NBS Annual Meeting: | Linda Kolbe (Vol 9, No 4), 1991 |
Award of Appreciation | |
| Awarded at 2018 Annual Meeting: | John Nebel and Bruce Perdue, Vol. 36, No. 3 |
| Awarded at 1992 NBS Annual Meeting: | Kay Champa (Vol 10, No 4), 1992 |
Honorary Chairman for Life | |
| Frank Katen (Vol 5, No 4), 1987 | |
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