Awards

• Encyclopedia of the Commemorative Coins of the United States” received thePNG’s 2012 Robert Friedberg Literary Award.
• “Commemorative Coins of the United States” receivedtheNumismatic Literary Guild’s (NLG) award for Best Investment Book.
• Co-author of the “Encyclopedia of United States Silver and Gold Commemora-tive Coins 1892-1954,” which received the Numismatic Literary Guild’s Book of the Year Award.
• Swiatek Report, which was voted Best Numismatic Investment Newsletter of the Year for 1983-84, 1984-85, 1987-88 (first place tie), 1991-92 and 1994.
• NLG’s literary awards for Best Magazine Article.
• Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG) awards: the Best Video Program “Future of Commemorative Coins” and Best Regional Club Article.
• 1995 NLG’s best Spot News on Television for a continuing series involving consumer protection and awareness.
• The NLG presentedhim with its First Annual “Ribbit” Awardbestowed for GOOD FELLOWSHIP, BASIC HUMANITY ANDAPPROACHABILITY of and to those whose swim through the swamps of numismatic organizations to high leadership, which has not deprived them of their camaraderie, approachability and underlying humanity!Health Literary Award: the first Frank J. Caggiano Literary Award (GENA) and the Wayte and Olga Raymond Memorial Award for DISTINGUISHED NUMISMATIC ACHIEVEMENT IN THE FIELD OF UNITED STATES NUMISMATICS.
• ANA’s Medal of Merit, its second highest award for DEDICATION AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE HOBBY (1990).1996 ANA Convention Master Numismatist (MN) and Numismatic Mentor (NM) diplomas as well as the Association’s 25 Year Silver Medal. He was also nominated for its highest honor, the Farran Zerbe Award (which active Board Members are not permitted to receive during their term in office).ANA’s Century Club award for recruiting 100 new members.ANA’s Presidential Award.
• Prestigious 1992 Florida United Numismatics (FUN) A.J. VINCI Excellence in Education Award.
• 1996 Charles B. Fine Award for Literary Excellence by the Florida United Numismatists.
• Krause Publications -the NUMISMATIC AMBASSADOR AWARD.
• National Silver Dollar Round Table (NSDR) awards for “Man of the Year” in 2002 and “Lifetime Achievement Award” in 2004.
• Honored with the Numismatic Literary Guild’s (NLG) highest highest award, the Clemy, in 2008.
• Awarded with the 2009 FUN Presidential Award.
• Won five out of eight tournaments for the ANA’s World Series of Numismatics (the numismatics version of Jeopardy) with partner David T. Alexander from Stack’s-Bowers.