Congratulations to ANS Fellow David Tripp for winning the Book of the Year award for his Illegal Tender. Gold, Greed, and the Mystery of the Lost 1933 Double Eagle.
Results of NLG Annual Writers’ Competition for 2005
Books
BEST SPECIALIZED BOOK, WORLD COINS:
Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins,
by Sewall Menzel, New York 2005

BEST MUSEUM AND EXHIBITION CATALOG:
A Simple Souvenir, Coins and Medals of the Olympic Games,
by Peter G. van Alfen, New York 2004

Non-Profit or Club Numismatic Magazines
BEST ARTICLE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS
“George Washington and America’s ‘Small Beginning’ in Coinage: The Fabled 1792 Half Dismes,” Joel J. Orosz and Carl R. Herkowitz, American Journal of Numismatics 15 (2003), published 2004, pp. 111-156.
BEST COLUMN, LARGE PUBLICATIONS
EXRAORDINARY MERIT: “Current Cabinet Activities,” Robert W. Hoge, ANS Magazine, 2004, vol. 3, no. 1 pp. 20-27; vol. 3, no. 2 pp 54-57; vol. 3, no. 3 pp. 38-43.
BEST ARTICLE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS
“Lord Baltimore Coinage and Daily Exchange in Early Maryland,” Louis E. Jordan, Colonial Newsletter, Vol. 44, No. 2, Aug./Dec. 2004, serial no. 126, pp. 2651-2768.
Computer Software and Internet Web Sites
BEST SOFTWARE
“The Colonial Newsletter, Issues 104-126,” American Numismatic Society, Gary A. Trudgen, Editor