Jerry Jordan

  • 2025 Numismatic Literary Guild Contest Now Open For Submissions

    2025 Numismatic Literary Guild Contest Now Open For Submissions

    Below you will find the entry information, categories and deadlines for the 2025 Numismatic Literary Guild’s (NLG) annual contest for numismatic writers, bloggers, authors, editors, podcasters and other content creators who are current NLG members. With the exception of the category for “Best Numismatic News or Feature Article in a Non-Numismatic Publication,” the contest…

  • 2024 Numismatic Literary Guild Award Winners

    2024 Numismatic Literary Guild Award Winners

    Click for PDF file of 2024 NLG Award Winners David W. Lange Memorial Book of the Year America’s Golden Age: Private & Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States 1786-1862 Donald H. Kagin & David J. McCarthy   Best Book: U.S. Coins America’s Golden Age: Private & Pioneer Gold Coins of the United States…

  • 2024 NLG Awards Rules & Submission Info

    The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, has announced its annual awards competition for 2024. To be eligible for consideration in any of this year’s categories, entries must have been…

  • 2023 NLG Awards Competition Announcement & Rules

    The Numismatic Literary Guild (NLG), a nonprofit organization composed of editors, authors, writers, bloggers and content producers who cover news and feature stories about all forms of money, medals and tokens as collectibles, has announced its annual awards competition for 2023. This year’s competition is being overseen by John Albanese, the new NLG Awards Coordinator. To…

  • In Memoriam: David W. Lange

    Numismatic Guaranty Company® (NGC®) is deeply saddened by the passing of its longtime Research Director, David W. Lange. One of the world’s leading experts on coinage, he passed away on Monday, January 16, 2023, following a battle with cancer. “Dave was a talented numismatic researcher and writer, with a great wit,” said Mark Salzberg,…

  • Numismatic Literary Guild Newsletter – Vol. 63. No. 1. – April 2021

    Numismatic Literary Guild Newsletter – Vol. 63. No. 1. – April 2021

       The Numismatic Literary Guild – Why, When, Where, What, and How?   With these words put to paper and carrying the club letterhead, NLG founder Lee Martin set in motion the creation of the coin collecting hobby’s premier organization dedicated to promoting numismatic writing.  Martin’s goals were ambitious and forward-thinking. He sought to enroll the top…

  • Results of the 2020 Numismatic Literary Guild Awards Competition

    Results of the 2020 Numismatic Literary Guild Awards Competition

    Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz Selected As 2020 Numismatic Literary Guild Clemy Winners August 18, 2020 — Respected researchers and award-winning numismatic authors Len Augsburger and Joel Orosz have received yet another prestigious award. They have been selected as the joint 2020 recipients of The Clemy, the highest honor given by the Numismatic Literary…

  • 2020 NLG AWARDS CEREMONY

    2020 NLG AWARDS CEREMONY

    Dear NLG Member, Several of you have asked when the NLG Awards will be announced.  Under normal circumstances, the Awards would have been announced on August 6 at the NLG Awards Ceremony in Pittsburgh, PA during the ANA convention, but, as you all know, that has been cancelled. Rather than just send out a list of the winners by email,…

  • NLG Board Of Directors Election

    NLG Board Of Directors Election

    Dear NLG Member, It’s time to exercise one of your most important rights as a member of the Numismatic Literary Guild — that of choosing a new slate of Directors to guide the NLG for the next two years. You will be choosing five Directors from the following list of eight candidates (in alphabetical order by last name):…

  • NLG Symposium to Focus on Attracting New Collectors Online

    NLG Symposium to Focus on Attracting New Collectors Online

    The Numismatic Literary Guild (www.NLGonline.org), a nonprofit organization composed of hobby writers, editors and content producers, will conduct its 2018 NLG Symposium from 10 am to 11 am, Thursday, August 16, at the American Numismatic Association World’s Fair of Money® (www.WorldsFairofMoney.com) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The group’s annual dinner and awards ceremony, known as “The…