Results of NLG Annual Writers' Competition for 2005

BOOKS BOOK OF THE YEAR Illegal Tender, by David Tripp BEST SPECIALIZED BOOK United States Coins: A Guide Book of United States Type Coins, by Q. David Bowers World Coins: Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins, by Sewall Menzel U.S. Paper Money: A Guide Book of United States Paper Money, by Arthur L. and Ira S. Friedberg World Paper Money: Show Me the Money, by Fred Reed Tokens and Medals: Standard Catalog of U.S. Tokens, 1700-1900, by Russell Rulau Numismatic Investments: One-Minute Coin Expert, 5th Edition, by Scott A. Travers Museum and Exhibition Catalog: A Simple Souvenir, Coins & Medals of the Olympic Games, by Peter G. Van Alfen U.S. COMMERCIAL NUMISMATIC MAGAZINES BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES Coins: "Collecting by the Book," David T. Alexander, COINage Tokens & Medals: "New York Subway Collectibles," George Cuhaj, Coins Magazine Paper Money: "Every Picture Tells a Story," Tom DeLorey, COINage BEST COLUMN "Numismatic Mysteries," Alan Herbert, Coins Magazine BEST ISSUE (3-Way Tie) COINage, September 2004, Jeff Shoop, Publisher; Coins Magazine, May 2005, Robert Van Ryzin, Editor; Coin Values, March 2005, Beth Deisher, Editor WORLD COMMERCIAL NUMISMATIC MAGAZINES BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES Coins: "Barbarism, Art and Thracian Tetradrachms," Reid Goldsborough, The Celator Tokens & Medals: "Christmas, the Time of St. Eligius," Todd Haefer, World Coin News BEST COLUMN "The Internet Connection," Kevin Barry and Zachary Beasley, The Celator BEST ISSUE World Coin News, December 2004, David C. Harper, Editor EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: The Celator, May 2004, Kerry Wetterstrom, Editor NON-PROFIT OR CLUB NUMISMATIC MAGAZINES BEST ARTICLE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS "George Washington and America's 'Small Beginning' in Coinage," Joel J. Orosz and Carl R. Herkowitz, American Journal of Numismatics BEST COLUMN, LARGE PUBLICATIONS "USA Coin Album," David W. Lange, Numismatist EXRAORDINARY MERIT: "Current Cabinet Activities," Robert W. Hoge, The ANS Magazine BEST ISSUE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS The Numismatist, June 2004, Barbara Gregory, Editor BEST ARTICLE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS "Lord Baltimore Coinage and Daily Exchange in Early Maryland," Louis E. Jordan, Colonial Newsletter BEST COLUMN, SMALL PUBLICATIONS "President's Corner," Chip Cutcliff, Metropolitan Club of Atlanta Newsletter BEST ISSUE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS John Reich Journal, July 2004, Brad Karoleff, Editor EXTRAORDINARY MERIT: "Civil War Change Shortage Gave Rise to Curious Makeshifts," Fred L. Reed III, Paper Money "An Annotated Bibliography of the Published Writings of Walter H. Breen," David F. Fanning, The Asylum The Asylum, Summer 2004, David Fanning, Editor-in-Chief NUMISMATIC NEWSPAPERS BEST SPOT NEWS STORY OR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF DEVELOPING STORY IN NUMISMATICS "Fakes Abound in Online Sales," Rita Laws, Coin World BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES Coins: "Millennium Masterpieces," Rita Laws, Coin World Paper Money: "Indiana Bank Added to List of Dillinger Hits," Bob Cochran, Bank Note Reporter Tokens & Medals: "Family Ties Add Meaning, History to Items," James A. Downey, Bank Note Reporter BEST COLUMN "Shades of the Blue and Grey," Fred Reed, Bank Note Reporter BEST ISSUE Bank Note Reporter, May 2005, David C. Harper, Editor NON-NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS BEST COLUMN: "Making Cents," Dr. Sol Taylor, The Signal, Santa Clarita, Calif. COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND INTERNET WEB SITES BEST WEB SITE ARTICLE "The Weinmans: Arbiters of Taste in U.S. Coinage," Ed Reiter, littletoncoin.com, Littleton Coin Company BEST DEALER WEB SITE heritagecoin.com, Heritage Rare Coins BEST NON-COMMERCIAL WEB SITE coinbooks.org, The e-sylum, Wayne K. Homren, Editor BEST TRADE PRESS WEB SITE coinworld.com, Coin World, Beth Deisher, Editor BEST NON-NUMISMATIC PRESS WEB SITE soltaylor.com, The Signal, Santa Clarita, Calif., Leon Worden, Multimedia Editor BEST SOFTWARE "The Colonial Newsletter, Issues 104-126," American Numismatic Society, Gary A. Trudgen, Editor EXTRAORDINARY MERIT "Chattanooga Money," Dennis Schafluetzel AUCTION CATALOGS BEST AUCTION CATALOG: COINS AND CURRENCY "The Louis E. Eliasberg Sr. Collection of World Coins and Medals," American Numismatic Rarities BEST AUCTION CATALOG: BOOKS AND EXONUMIA: "John J. Ford Jr. Collection, Part IV," Stack's EXTRAORDINARY MERIT "The Wes Rasmussen Collection of United States Large Cents," Heritage Numismatic Auctions COMMERCIAL PUBLICATIONS LEE MARTIN FOUNDER'S AWARD for Best Investment Newsletter Maurice Rosen, The Rosen Numismatic Advisory BEST DEALER-PUBLISHED MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER The Numismatic Sun, American Numismatic Rarities AUDIO-VISUAL BEST NON-COMMERCIAL VIDEO "Future of the ANA," Chris Cipoletti, Content; David Lisot, Production BEST WRITER IN NLG NEWSLETTER Beth Deisher IN MEMORIAM John J. Ford Jr., 1924-2005, and A.M. "Art" Kagin, 1919-2005 BEST ALL-AROUND PORTFOLIO Ginger Rapsus JAMES L. MILLER MEMORIAL AWARD John Iddings, COINage, "Online Vigilantes" IN APPRECIATION Salvatore Germano, for generously providing facilities and personal assistance for the NLG Writer's Competition IN APPRECIATION For serving as judges in the 2005 NLG Writer's Competition: Thomas K. DeLorey, John Dannreuther, Dorothy Harris, John Iddings, Robert W. Julian, Timothy J. Kochuba and Maurice H. Rosen.