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Numismatic Hall of Fame

Numismatics is more than just coins, paper money, tokens and medals--it's people. To perpetuate and enshrine the names of the most important numismatists of all time, the American Numismatic Association established the Numismatic Hall of Fame at its headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The brainchild of Jack W. Ogilvie, a Hollywood film writer and editor who served as ANA historian from 1950 to 1970, the Numismatic Hall of Fame was created in August 1964. A constitution and bylaws were drafted that year, and the first inductees were named in 1969. The next group was enshrined in 1970, with subsequent honorees inducted every two years thereafter.

As trustee of the Numismatic Hall of Fame, the ANA ensures that the intent and purpose of the shrine is preserved without bias or prejudice. Prior to each induction year, nominations are accepted from the membership. After review by a five-member Hall of Fame council, the names and qualifications of the nominees are passed on to a 25-member elector panel. Candidates receiving 13 or more votes are inducted; those receiving less than 13 votes (but more than five) are reconsidered in the next election. Members of the council, the ANA Board of Governors, and ANA appointed officers and staff are ineligible to serve as electors.

The Numismatic Hall of Fame at ANA headquarters features photographs and brief biographies of a selection of the enshrinees.

Inductees by Year

Edgar H. Adams (1868-1940) 1969
George J. Bauer (1870-1961) 1969
Frank G. Duffield (1867-1954) 1969
George F. Heath (1850-1908) 1969
Edward T. Newell (1886-1941) 1969
Wayte Raymond (1886-1956) 1969
David C. Wismer (1857-1949) 1969
Howland Wood (1877-1938) 1969
Farran Zerbe (1871-1949) 1969
George H. Blake (1858-1955) 1970
Henry Chapman (1860-1935) 1970
Sylvester S. Crosby (1831-1914) 1970
Lewis M. Reagan (1904-1961) 1970
Moritz Wormser (1878-1940) 1970
Ole P. Ecklund (1873-1950) 1972
Albert R. Frey (1858-1926) 1972
Barclay V. Head (1844-1914) 1972
John M. Henderson (1870-1942) 1972
Lyman H. Low (1845-1924) 1972
Waldo C. Moore (1874-1953) 1972
Stuart Mosher (1904-1956) 1972
Burton H. Saxton (1876-1958) 1972
Agnes Baldwin Brett (1876-1955) 1974
John W. Haseltine (1838-1925) 1974
Joseph H. Hooper (1835-1910) 1974
B. Max Mehl (1884-1957) 1974
Howard Newcomb (1877-1945) 1974
William Philpott Jr. (1885-1971) 1974
Benjamin P. Wright (1857-1922) 1974
Frederick C.C. Boyd (1874-1960) 1978
Victor D. Brenner (1871-1924) 1978
David M. Bullowa (1912-1953) 1978
Lee F. Hewitt (1911-1987) 1978
J. Henri Ripstra (1881-1961) 1978
Richard S. Yeoman (1904-1988) 1978
Herbert M. Bergen (1897-1988) 1982
Elston G. Bradfield (1906-1977) 1982
J. Douglas Ferguson (1901-1981) 1982
Abe Kosoff (1912-1983) 1982
Robert McLachlan (1845-1926) 1982
Glenn B. Smedley (1902-1987) 1982
Louis S. Werner (1894-1982) 1982
Sheldon S. Carroll (1914-1998) 1984
William T.R. Marvin (1832-1913) 1984
Leonel C. Panosh (1893-1967) 1984
J. Norman Shultz (1893-1988) 1984
Eva B. Adams (1908-1991) 1986
S. Wolcott Freeman (1906-1967) 1986
Robert Friedberg (1912-1963) 1986
Eric P. Newman (1912-) 1986
Margo Russell (1919-) 1986
John S. Davenport (1907-) 1988
Maurice M. Gould (1909-1975) 1988
M. Vernon Sheldon (1902-1982) 1988
Chester L. Krause (1923-) 1990
John Jay Pittman (1913-1996) 1992
Q. David Bowers (1938-) 1994
Clyde Hubbard (1916-) 1994
Aubrey E. Bebee (1906-1992) 1996
Kenneth E. Bressett (1928-) 1996
Adam Eckfeldt (1769-1852) 1996
George D. Hatie (1910-1997) 1996
Harry W. Bass Jr. (1927-1998) 1998
R.W. Julian (1938-) 1998
Oscar H. Dodson (1905-1996) 2000
Robert L. Hendershott (1898-2005) 2000
Edward C. Rochette (1927-) 2000
Russell Rulau (1926-) 2000
Amon G. Carter, Jr. (1919-1982) 2002
William Ewing DuBois (1810-1881) 2002
Bill Fivaz (1934- ) 2002
James Ross Snowden (1809-1878) 2002
Adna G. Wilde, Jr. (1920-) 2002
Clifford Mishler (1939-) 2004
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