ANA YN Literary Award winners

To encourage young writers to share their research and views on numismatics, the American Numismatic Association (ANA) recognizes them each year with a number of awards for literary accomplishments.

At the Abe Kosoff / Professional Numismatists Guild (PNG) Young Numismatist (YN) Awards Breakfast at this year’s ANA Anniversary Convention, the following award winners were announced:

Abe Kosoff Memorial Literary Award
Presented to the young numismatist who writes the best article or gives the best talk on a numismatic topic in 2000. (Original conclusions are encouraged, especially when logically presented.) 
  • First place – Jon Sullivan of Centerville, Tennessee, for “The Partial (Quarter) Collar Error” 
  • Second place – Ben Keele of Hastings, Nebraska, for “Meditations of a Young Numismatist” 
  • Third place – not awarded

Gould Memorial Literary Award
Presented to the young numismatist who writes the best article displaying in-depth numismatic research and individual, specialized involvement with the topic. (The article need not have been published.) 
  • First place – Vanashree Samant of New York City for “From Traders to Rulers: The Changing Face of the Coinage of the East India Company” 
  • Second place – Eric Li Cheung of New York City for “The Copper Coins of the Republic of Vermont” 
  • Third place – Ben Keele of Hastings, Nebraska, for “An Overview of Copyright Law for Numismatists”

Ray Byrne Memorial Literary Award
Presented to the young numismatist who writes the best article displaying in-depth numismatic research and individual, specialized involvement with the topic. (The article must have been published in 2000 in The Numismatist, First Strike or other recognized publication.) 
  • First place – Ben Keele of Hastings, Nebraska, for “The Hunt for Cameo Franklins” (published in the June 2000 First Strike supplement to The Numismatist) 
  • Second place – Eric Li Cheung of New York City for “Draped Bust Quarters, 1796-1807” (published in the June 2000 First Strike supplement to The Numismatist) 
  • Third place – not awarded

Originally Release Date: August 11, 2001
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