- BOOK OF THE YEAR
- 100 Greatest U.S. Coins, by Jeff Garrett and Ron Guth
- BEST SPECIALIZED BOOK
- United States Coins: The New York Times Guide to Coin Collecting, by Ed Reiter
- World Coins: Nicaragua – Its Coins, Paper Money, Medals, Tokens, by Luis Humberto Flores
- U.S. Paper Money: American History as Seen Through Currency, by Dr. Edward A. Dauer and Joanne C. Dauer
- World Paper Money: Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, 9th Edition, edited by Neil Shafer and George Cuhaj
- Tokens and Medals: Indian Peace Medals and Related Items: Collecting the Symbols of Peace and Friendship, by Rita Laws, Ph.D.
- Numismatic Investments: United States Proof Sets and Mint Sets (1936-2002), by Ron Guth and Bill Gale
- EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
- Coin Collecting: Boy Scouts of America Merit Badge Series, by George Cuhaj
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: William E. Hagans, “American Drummer Boy,” Coins Magazine
- Tokens & Medals: Jon Blackwell, “Medal of Honor,” COINage
- Paper Money: R.W. Julian, “Fractional Currency,” COINage
- BEST COLUMN
- “My Two Cents’ Worth,” Ed Reiter, COINage
- BEST ISSUE
- COINage, October 2002, Jeffery R. Shoop, Publisher
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: “Lutine Treasure a Thorn in Side of Lloyd’s,” Thomas H. Sebring, World Coin News
- Tokens & Medals: “Notgeld Coins May Be Sleeper Collectible,” Richard Giedroyc, World Coin News
- Paper Money: “Lyn Knight Auction Interests Costa Ricans,” Paul M. Green, World Coin News
- BEST COLUMN
- “From A to Z,” Bob Reis, World Coin News
- BEST ISSUE
- World Coin News, July 2002, David C. Harper, Editor
- BEST ARTICLE
- “Selling America’s Rarest Coin: The 1933 Double Eagle,” David T. Alexander, The Numismatist
- BEST COLUMN
- “Current Cabinet Activities,” Robert W. Hoge, ANS Magazine
- BEST ISSUE
- (tie) Numismatist, March 2003, Barbara Gregory, Editor, and ANS Journal, Summer 2002, Ute Wartenberg Kagan, Editor
- BEST SPOT NEWS STORY OR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF DEVELOPING STORY IN NUMISMATICS
- “33 $20 Blasts Record,” Numismatic News, David L. Ganz
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: R.W. Julian, “‘Sole’ 1933 Double Eagle Likely Not Alone,” Numismatic News
- Tokens & Medals: Russell Rulau, “1789 Mott Token Likely From 1830s,” Numismatic News
- Paper Money: Tom Conklin, “Notes Help Chronicle Bank Looter’s Career,” Bank Note Reporter
- BEST COLUMN
- “Notes From Washington,” Peter Huntoon, Bank Note Reporter
- BEST ISSUE
- Numismatic News, Oct. 13, 2002, David C. Harper, Editor
- BEST ARTICLE
- “The Ancient Art of Making Money,” Michael Sedgwick, British Heritage
- BEST WEB SITE ARTICLE
- “The Intelligent Collector: Why Do We Collect Things?,” James Halperin, heritagecoin.com
- BEST DEALER WEB SITE
- heritagecoin.com, Heritage Rare Coins, James Halperin, Brian Shipman and Shane Reed, Co-Authors
- BEST NON-COMMERCIAL WEB SITE
- money.org, American Numismatic Association, Barbara Gregory, Editor
- BEST TRADE PRESS WEB SITE
- coinworld.com, Coin World, Beth Deisher, Editor
- BEST SOFTWARE
- “Brother Can You Spare a Dime,” Roger deWardt Lane
- BEST AUCTION CATALOG
- “The Sid and Alicia Belzberg Collection of Canadian Coinage,” Heritage Numismatic Auctions
- EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
- “The Queller Family Collection of U.S. Half Dollars,” Stack’s
- LEE MARTIN FOUNDER’S AWARD for Best Investment Newsletter
- Maurice Rosen, The Rosen Numismatic Advisory
- BEST DEALER-PUBLISHED MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
- Rare Coin Review, Q. David Bowers
- Ron Guth
- David W. Lange
- CLEMENT F. BAILEY MEMORIAL AWARD
- Rita Laws, Ph.D.
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