- BOOK OF THE YEAR
- The Mint on Carson Street, by Rusty Goe
- BEST SPECIALIZED BOOK
- United States Coins: United States Pattern Coins, Experimental and Trial Pieces, edited by Q. David Bowers; pricing coordinated by Robert L. Hughes
- World Coins: Numismatic Forgery, by Charles M. Larson
- U.S. Paper Money: Standard Catalog of U.S. Paper Money, 22nd Edition, by Chester L. Krause and Robert F. Lemke, edited by Joel T. Edler
- World Paper Money: Standard Catalog of World Paper Money, 10th Edition, edited by George Cuhaj
- Numismatic Investments: The Coin Collector’s Survival Manual, Revised 4th Edition, by Scott A. Travers
- EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
- The Collector’s Handbook, by James L. Halperin and Gregory J. Rohan
- Proof Gold Coinage of the United States, by Robert J. Loewinger, M.D., edited by John Dannreuther
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: Jon Blackwell, “The World of Islamic Coins,” COINage
- Tokens & Medals: David T. Alexander, “The Very Modern Medal,” COINage
- Paper Money: Ron Meyer, “Funny Money,” COINage
- BEST COLUMN
- “My Two Cents’ Worth,” Ed Reiter, COINage
- BEST ISSUE
- Coins Magazine, November 2003, Robert R. Van Ryzin, Editor
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: “Druid Hoard Provides Insight Into Celtic Time,” Chris Rudd, World Coin News
- Tokens & Medals: “Argentina Abounds With San Martin Medals,” Donald Dool, World Coin News
- BEST COLUMN
- “The Other Side,” Phillip Davis, The Celator
- BEST ISSUE
- World Coin News, June 2003, David C. Harper, Editor
- BEST ARTICLE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS
- “Hebrew Love Tokens,” Simcha Kuritzky, The Numismatist
- BEST COLUMN, LARGE PUBLICATIONS
- : “Early American Money,” John J. Kraljevich Jr., The Numismatist
- BEST ISSUE, LARGE PUBLICATIONS
- The Numismatist, November 2003, Barbara Gregory, Editor
- BEST ARTICLE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS
- “New Pidyon Haben Token Discovered,” Simcha Kuritzky, The Shekel
- BEST COLUMN, SMALL PUBLICATIONS
- : “ICTA Update,” Diane Piret, FUN Topics
- BEST ISSUE, SMALL PUBLICATIONS
- FUN Topics, Winter 2003, Jim Best, Editor
- BEST SPOT NEWS STORY OR CONTINUING COVERAGE OF DEVELOPING STORY IN NUMISMATICS
- “Found: Missing 1913 Liberty Head Nickel,” Coin World, Beth Deisher
- BEST ARTICLE OR SERIES OF ARTICLES
- Coins: Ken Potter, “Spiked Heads,” Numismatic News
- Tokens & Medals: Russell Rulau, “Step Right Up for Magnificent Circus Tokens,” Numismatic News
- Paper Money: Tom Conklin, “Knapp Family Had Banking Empire in Deposit, N.Y.,” Bank Note Reporter
- BEST COLUMN
- “The Joys of Collecting,” Q. David Bowers, Coin World
- BEST ISSUE
- Bank Note Reporter, May 2004, David C. Harper, Editor
- BEST WEB SITE ARTICLE
- “Peace Dollar Model Had Special Claim to Fame,” Ed Reiter, littletoncoin.com, Littleton Coin Company
- BEST DEALER WEB SITE
- heritagecoin.com, Heritage Rare Coins
- BEST NON-COMMERCIAL WEB SITE
- coinbooks.org, The e-sylum, Wayne K. Homren, Editor
- BEST TRADE PRESS WEB SITE
- coinworld.com, Coin World, Beth Deisher, Editor
- BEST SOFTWARE
- “Coin Dealers Inventory Control System,” Heritage Rare Coins
- EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
- “Chattanooga Money,” Dennis Schafluetzel
- BEST AUCTION CATALOG
- (tie) “The Green Pond Collection of Dahlonega Gold,” Heritage Numismatic Auctions, and “John J. Ford Jr. Collection, Part I,” Stack’s
- EXTRAORDINARY MERIT
- “The Classics Sale, Haig A. Koshkarian Collection,” American Numismatic Rarities, LLC”
- LEE MARTIN FOUNDER’S AWARD for Best Investment Newsletter
- Maurice Rosen, The Rosen Numismatic Advisory
- BEST DEALER-PUBLISHED MAGAZINE OR NEWSPAPER
- Universal Coin & Bullion, Diamond Anniversary Issue, Michael R. Fuljenz
- BEST NON-COMMERCIAL VIDEO
- “Era of Hometown Bank Notes,” David Lisot and James A. Simek
- David W. Lange
- Jeff Starck
- Beth Deisher, Coin World, “Found: Missing 1913 Liberty Head Nickel”
- Salvatore Germano, for generously providing facilities and personal assistance for the NLG Writer’s Competition
- For serving as judges in the 2004 NLG Writer’s Competition: Thomas K. DeLorey, Dorothy Harris, John Iddings, Robert W. Julian, Timothy J. Kochuba, Donn Pearlman and Maurice H. Rosen.