Numismatic Literature Exhibits
The Aaron Feldman Award
In 1991, the Numismatic Bibliomania Society raised and donated $3,000 to the American Numismatic Association to establish the Numismatic Literature category and endow the Aaron Feldman Award , to be given each year to the top numismatic literature exhibit.
Exhibit Judging Criteria
Competitive exhibits at the ANA conventions are judged according strict criteria. There are three judges in each category, each of whom evaluates the exhibits using the ANA's 100-point Exhibit Judging SheetAfter reviewing the exhibits individually, the judges confer and decide on the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners.
Past Exhibits
Below is a listing of exhibits in the Numismatic Literature class since its inception in 1992. For some of the exhibits, the full text is available online. "NC" means the exhibit was placed non-competitively.2011 - Rosemont, IL |
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| 1st | George Kolbe | "Numismatic Bibliography 1579-1912: The Literature of Numismatic Literature" |
| 2nd | Lawrence Sekulich | "Paul Manship's Book for the Circle of Friends of the Medallion." |
2001 - Atlanta, GA |
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| 1st | David Sklow | ANA Membership: The Printed Record |
| 2nd | David G. Provost | US Commemorative Coin Advertisements of 1937 |
| 3rd | Pete Smith | Contemporary Illustrations of the Second Philadelphia Mint | 2000 - Philadelphia, PA |
| 1st | Tom Sheehan | Building a Set of The Numismatist |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | Auction Catalogs That Led Me to Collect Numismatic Literature |
1999 - Chicago, IL |
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| 1st | Lawrence Sekulich | A Bibliographic Introduction to Collecting Ancient Greek Coins |
1998 - Portland, OR |
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| 1st | Michael J. Sullivan | An Overview of Bank Note Reporters and Counterfeit Detectors for Paper Money |
| 2nd | Donna Malloy | The Literature of Military Payment Certificates |
| 3rd | John R. Eshbach | The Start of Something Big: 1st November 1858 |
| P. Scott Rubin | 19th Century U.S. Auction Catalogs Distributed by Coin Dealers other than the Catalogers | |
| NC | Wayne K. Homren | A Selection of American Numismatic Literature Prospectuses |
1997 - New York, NY |
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1996 - Denver, CO |
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| 1st | Pete Smith | The Challenging Literature of A. M. Smith |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | My Choice of Very Significant U.S. Auction Sales of the 19th and 20th Centuries |
| John A. Parker | A Brief History of the Heath Bond Detector | |
1995 - Anaheim, CA |
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| John Eshbach | The Life and Works of Charles T. Steigerwalt, Numismatist | |
1994 - Detroit, MI |
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| 1st | John Kraljevich | A Comparison of the Different Editions of Sheldon's Work on Large Cents |
| 2nd | Joel J. Orosz | Early Literature of Dave Bowers and Jim Ruddy |
| Steven Roach | B. Max Mehl--A Numismatic Legend | |
| Rian R. Thum | An Eighteenth Century Spanish Volume on Numismatics | |
1993 - Baltimore, MD |
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| 1st | P. Scott Rubin | American Numismatic Literature--Then and Now |
| Frank Katen | American Numismatic Literature | |
| Rian R. Thum | The Evolution of Literature on Large Date (1840-1857) Large Cents | |
| John Kraljevich | A Comparison of the Different Editions of Sheldon's Work on Large Cents | |
1992 - Orlando, FL |
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| 1st | Wayne K. Homren | A Selection of Numismatic Ephemera |
| 2nd | P. Scott Rubin | Auction Catalogs as Information Sources |
| Bob Metzger | Tracing a Pedigree Through Auction Catalogs | |
| Benjamin M. Phillips | The Evolution of YN Digest | |
| Robert Turfboer | King Otto Grants Mining Rights | |
