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2017 NLG WRITERS’ COMPETITION RESULTSSee my Numismatic Diary below for information on the Numismatic Bibliomania Society's events at this week's Denver ANA convention. Meanwhile, here is the complete list of
winners of the 2017 Numismatic Literary Guild Writer's Competition, as announced at the NLG Bash Thursday. Congratulations to all the winners. -Editor
BOOK OF THE YEAR: The work having the greatest potential impact on numismatics – 1792: Birth of a Nation’s Coinage, by Pete Smith, Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger United States Coins (tie): The $2½ and $5 Gold Indians of Bela Lyon Pratt, by Allan Schein Bust Dime Variety Identification Guide, by Winston Zack, Louis Scuderi and Michael Sherrill Extraordinary Merit: Numismatic Background and Census of 1802 Half Dimes, by Jon P. Amato, Ph.D. Extraordinary Merit: United States Proof Coins, 1936-1942, by Roger Burdette Extraordinary Merit: The Comprehensive U.S. Silver Dollar Encyclopedia, Volumes I and II, by John W. Highfill World Coins: Irritamenta: Numismatic Treasures of a Renaissance Collection, by John Cunnally U.S. Paper Money: Counterfeiting and Technology, by Bob McCabe World Paper Money: Modern Issues Since 1961, Tracy Schmidt, Editor Tokens and Medals: The Art of Devastation: Medals & Poster of the Great War, Patricia Phagan and Peter Van Alfen, Editors BEST COIN ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES: “Sizes Matter,” COINage, Tom DeLorey BEST TOKEN AND MEDAL ARTICLE: “Starting a Medal Collection,” by Steve Roach, Coin World magazine BEST PAPER MONEY ARTICLE: “Women Find a Place on Three U.S. Bank Notes,” Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez, COINage BEST COLUMN: “My Two Cents’ Worth,” Ed Reiter, COINage BEST ISSUE: COINage, September 2016, Ed Reiter, Senior Editor; Lynn Varon, Managing Editor BEST COIN ARTICLE: “England’s Gold Sovereign,” by Dr. K. A. Rodgers, Australasian Coin and Banknote magazine BEST TOKEN AND MEDAL ARTICLE: “Pistrucci’s Waterloo Masterwork,” by Dr. K. A. Rodgers, Australasian Coin and Banknote magazine, by Dr. K. A. Rodgers BEST PAPER MONEY ARTICLE: “Fiji’s WWII Emergency Reserve Bank of New Zealand Overprints,” by Dr. K. A. Rodgers, Coin News BEST COLUMN: “Back to Basics,” by Dr. K.A. Rodgers, Coin News BEST ISSUE: Coin News, April 2016, John W. Mussell, Managing Editor BEST COIN ARTICLE: “125 Years of Collecting With the American Numismatic Association,” by Q. David Bowers, The Numismatist BEST COLUMN: “Tokens & Medals,” by David Schenkman, The Numismatist BEST ISSUE: The Numismatist, October 2016, Barbara Gregory, Editor BEST COIN ARTICLE: “Findlay, Ohio, CWT Issuers,” by Mark Borckardt, Civil War Token Journal BEST COLUMN: “Off the Shelf,” by David Fanning, The Asylum BEST ISSUE: The Asylum, Autumn 2016, Numismatic Bibliomania Society, Maria Fanning, Editor BEST SPOT NEWS STORY: “Doubled-Die 2015 Cent Identified,” by Ken Potter, Numismatic News BEST COIN ARTICLE: “A Numismatic Trip to the Museum,” by Steve Roach, Coin World BEST TOKEN AND MEDAL ARTICLE: “Mint Begins Steam Coinage in 1836,” by R.W. Julian, Numismatic News BEST PAPER MONEY ARTICLE: “Notes Forever Tied to Wild Bunch: Pinkertons Used Serial Numbers to Track Rail Heist Loot,” by Robert R. Van Ryzin, Bank Note Reporter BEST COLUMN: “Market Analysis,” by Steve Roach, Coin World BEST ISSUE: Bank Note Reporter, April 2017, Robert R. Van Ryzin, Editor THE MAURICE M. GOULD MEMORIAL AWARD FOR BEST COLUMN: “Money Talks,” by Frank Colletti, Lost Treasure magazine BEST ARTICLE, NON-NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS: “Liberty Centennial Designs,” by Louis Golino, Elemetal Direct BEST WEB SITE COIN ARTICLE: “The Pogue Family Coin Collection,” by Greg Reynolds, CoinWeek.com BEST WEB SITE TOKEN AND MEDAL ARTICLE: “They Also Ran: Campaign Medals of Forgotten Candidates,” by David Alexander, CoinWeek.com BEST WEB SITE PAPER MONEY ARTICLE: “Controversy Over Animal Fat Used in Manufacture of New U.K. £5 Note,” by Charles Morgan and Hubert Walker, CoinWeek.com BEST ONLINE COLUMN: “Classic U.S. Coins for Less Than $500 Each,” by Greg Reynolds, CoinWeek.com BEST ONLINE NEWS WEB SITE: CoinWeek.com, Charles Morgan, Editor; Hubert Walker, Assistant Editor; Scott Purvis, Webmaster BEST DEALER WEB SITE: Coins.HA.com, Heritage Auctions, Paul Minshull, Michael Weems, Brian Shipman, Ryan Sokol and Stewart Huckaby BEST NON-TRADE WEBSITE: www.NumiStorica.com, Robert Korver, Webmaster BEST INTERNET BLOG: “The Buzz,” David C. Harper, Numismatic News BEST NON-NUMISMATIC PRESS WEB SITE: Set Investigates, Beaumont, Texas, Jerry Jordan, Webmaster and Publisher BEST NUMISMATIC SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM: CoinWeek on Facebook, Charles Morgan BEST SOFTWARE OR APP: Heritage Live!, Heritage Auctions, Paul Minshull, Matt Jackson, Ryan Sokol, Michael Weems and Brian Shipley BEST AUCTION CATALOG, COINS AND CURRENCY: “The D. Brent Pogue Collection Part V,” March 2017, Stack’s Bowers Galleries Extraordinary Merit: “The Jon Alan Boka Collection,” September 2016, Heritage Auctions Extraordinary Merit: “The Pre-Long Beach Auction,” Feb. 12, 2017, Bob Grellman, Cataloger, Ira and Larry Goldberg Auctioneers Extraordinary Merit: "2017 ANA Auction, Orlando Florida," March 9-10, 2017, Kagin's BEST AUCTION CATALOG, BOOKS AND EXONUMIA: “The 2017 New York Book Auction,” January 2017, Kolbe & Fanning THE LEE MARTIN FOUNDER’S AWARD for Best Investment Newsletter: Maurice H. Rosen, The Rosen Numismatic Advisory BEST DEALER-PUBLISHED NEWSLETTER OR MAGAZINE: Liberty’s Outlook, Patrick A. Heller BEST PRICE GUIDE NEWSLETTER OR MAGAZINE: The Coin Dealer Newsletter, John Feigenbaum, Editor BEST ALL-AROUND PORTFOLIO (tie): Greg Reynolds and Steve Roach BEST RADIO REPORT: “Things You Know That Just Aren’t So, and Important News You Need to Know,” by Patrick A. Heller, WILS-AM 1320, Lansing, Michigan VIDEO – NON-COMMERCIAL (tie): Michael Markowitz, Podcast #46: Ancient Coins, What We Can Learn From Them, How Coins Changed Us, CoinWeek.com, Charles Morgan “Numismatic America: Behind the Scenes at the National Numismatic Collection” by Charles Morgan, Hubert Walker and Jeff Garrett, CoinWeek.com VIDEO – COMMERCIAL: “Profile of David Michaels,” Heritage Auctions JAMES L. MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD: “Notes Forever Tied to Wild Bunch: Pinkertons Used Serial Numbers to Track Rail Heist Loot,” by Robert R. Van Ryzin, Bank Note Reporter THE RIBBIT: David Hall PCGS EDUCATION AWARD: The E-sylum, Wayne Homren, Editor, Numismatic Bibliomania Society, Publisher THE CLEMY: Robert R. Van Ryzin For more information on , see:  Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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