In a category of its own since 1968 is the Clemy Award. The highest honor of NLG is bestowed annually during the NLG Bash on an NLG member in recognition of writing skill, dedication to numismatics, sense of humor and dedication to the Numismatic Literary Guild.
Nominations are submitted by members of the board to the previous year’s winner, who makes the final choice.
Shown here is the original Clemy, a 90-pound gold painted typewriter donated by Gordon Greene. The typewriter was retired in 1974 and placed in the ANA Museum in Colorado Springs.
The Clemy Award Winners
| 1968 – Clement F. Bailey 1969 – Edward C. Rochette 1970 – Lee Martin 1971 – Margo Russell 1972 – Virginia Culver 1973 – Maurice M. Gould 1974 – Eva B. Adams 1975 – Ray Byrne 1976 – Chester L. Krause 1977 – Richard S. Yeoman 1978 – Lee F. Hewitt 1979 – Abe Kosoff 1980 – Glenn Smedley 1981 – Arlie Slabaugh 1982 – Eric P. Newman 1983 – Kenneth Bressett 1984 – Donn Pearlman 1985 – Walter Breen 1986 – Ed Reiter 1987 – David T. Alexander 1988 – James L.Miller 1989 – Q. David Bowers 1990 – David L. Ganz 1991 – Clifford Mishler 1992 – R.W. Julian 1993 – Russell Rulau 1994 – Elvira Clain Stefanelli |
1995 – Beth Deisher 1996 – Col. Bill Murray 1997 – Alan Herbert 1998 – Burnett Anderson 1999 – Thomas K. DeLorey 2000 – Wendell A. Wolka 2001 – David C. Harper 2002 – Scott A. Travers 2003 – Bill Fivaz 2004 – Neil Shafer 2005 – Carlton “Fred” Schwan 2006 – Barbara J. Gregory 2007 – Gene Hessler 2008 – Anthony Swiatek 2009 – Maurice H. Rosen 2010 – Paul Whitnah 2011 – Kay Lenker 2012 – Jim Halperin & Steve Ivy 2013 – Mike Fuljenz 2014 – John Albanese 2015 – William Gibbs 2016 – Mark Borckardt 2017 – Robert R. Van Ryzin 2018 – David Lange 2019 – Doug Winter 2020 – Len Augsburger & Joel Orosz 2022 – John Dannreuther 2023 – Dr. Donald Kagin, PhD |