| Classification | Award Name |
|---|---|
| Best-of-show | Howland Wood Memorial |
| New exhibitor Best exhibit by a person who has never before exhibited competitively at an ANA anniversary convention, and who is showing an exhibit that has never been placed by any other exhibitor. A YN exhibitor who has never won an ANA open award will be considered a new exhibitor. | Thos. H. Law |
| Modern circulating commemorative coins Best exhibit of circulating commemorative coins issued at face value within twenty years preceding the convention (example: 1978-1998). | Derek Pobjoy |
| People's choice Most interesting exhibit as determined by a vote of those who viewed the exhibits at the convention. Both competitive and non-competitive exhibits are eligible for this award. | Rodger E. Hershey Memorial |
Each competitive exhibit is placed in one class, to be judged against all other exhibits in that class. Here are the established classes, along with the name of the award for each class.
| Classification | Award Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States coins All United States coins and patterns and all coinage or trade tokens used in colonial America, except gold. | Lelan G. Rogers |
| 2 | United States paper money All paper money issued by the United States government, including military currency but excluding items covered by Class 6. Essays, proofs, and souvenir cards of paper money of this class may also be shown in this class. | Sidney W. Smith Memorial |
| 3 | Medals Medallic items not used as a medium of exchange, or not having trade value. | Burton Saxton Memorial |
| 4 | Tokens Items, including encased postage, issued unofficially as a medium of exchange for goods and services or for advertising purposes, but excluding American colonial items included in Class 1. Includes substances used in lieu of metal, other than paper. | B. P. Wright Memorial |
| 5 | Military medals, decorations, orders and badges Includes the items stated, convention badges, and badges issued by fraternal orders or other organizations. Excluded are Masonic pennies, tokens, and non-badge type medals, and non-wearable medals commemorating military persons, places, or events that are included in other classes. | George Bauer Memorial |
| 6 | Obsolete paper money issued in the United States Colonial and Continental currency, state and private bank notes, Confederate currency, and scrip. | William Donlon Memorial |
| 7 | Coins issued prior to 1500 A.D. Coins, including gold, issued by any government before 1500 A.D. | Dr. Charles W. Crowe Memorial |
| 8 | Foreign coins issued 1500 A.D. and later Coins, other than gold, issued 1500 A.D. or later by any foreign government. | John S. Davenport |
| 9 | Foreign paper money Paper money of any kind, including scrip, issued in any foreign country. | Robert J. Leuver |
| 10 | U.S. gold coins U.S. gold coins, including Carolina, Georgia, and western private issues. | Gaston DiBello Memorial |
| 11 | Foreign gold coins All foreign gold coins. | Melvin and Leona Kohl Memorial |
| 12 | Latin American numismatics All Latin American coins (including proclamations), patterns, paper money, tokens, medals, gold coins, and other numismatic material. | Henry Christensen Memorial |
| 13 | Canadian coins and currency All Canadian coins, patterns, paper money, tokens, medals, gold coins, and other numismatic material. | John Jay Pittman, Sr. |
| 14 | General or specialized Includes hobo nickels, wooden money, political buttons and insignia, and other numismatic material not covered in other classes or covered by more than one class (but see rule 15). | IPC Communications Services |
| 15 | Private mint issues since 1960 All numismatic material issued by a private mint of any country, including philatelic-numismatic covers, except that no denominated coins may be exhibited in this class. | Franklin Mint |
| 16 | Western Americana All numismatic material issued in areas of the United States west of the Mississippi River (excluding Alaska and Hawaii). | William C. Henderson Memorial |
| 17 | Numismatic errors and error varieties Any numismatic material misstruck or misprinted by the producer, including varieties caused by die or plate deterioration or damage. Items mutilated or altered after production are excluded. | Numismatic Error Collectors |
| 18 | Love tokens Coins, tokens, or medals altered by removing the design on one or both sides and engraved on the altered side or sides. | Love Token Society |
| 19 | Local interest numismatic material Any material relating to numismatics that is peculiar to or of special interest to the geographic area in which the exhibit is being presented. | American Numismatic Association |
| 20 | Issues of the Government of Israel Coins, medals, tokens, and paper money issued by the government of Israel or by the Israel Government Coins and Medals Corporation, Ltd. from 1948 to date. | Menachem Chaim and Simcha Tova Mizel Memorial |
| 21 | Primitive, odd, and curious money Media of exchange used in carrying out purchases and business transactions by primitive people and later by others as they progressed from barter to coins, or other items generally accepted as primitive or odd and curious currencies. | Robert Hendershott |
| 22 | Numismatic literature Printed and manuscript (published or unpublished) literature dealing with any numismatic subject. | Aaron Feldman Memorial |
| 23 | Casino chips and gaming tokens Items of all types and materials used as gaming pieces, including traditional and non-traditional tokens and other money substitutes, and including tokens used in military clubs. | Archie A. Black |
| 24 | Elongated coins Souvenirs created using an elongating machine, whether the underlying piece is a coin, token, medal, or blank planchet. | Dottie Dow |
These are the classes as of the 1998 Anniversary Convention. One or more classes might be added for the 1999 convention; this table will be updated soon.
| Classification | Award Name | |
|---|---|---|
| YN best-of-show | Charles H. Wolfe, Sr. | |
| Y1 | United States coins All United States coins and patterns and all coinage or trade tokens used in colonial America. | Gordon Z. Greene Memorial |
| Y2 | Foreign coins Coins issued 1500 A.D. or later in any foreign country. | James L. Betton |
| Y3 | Paper money Paper money and paper numismatica of all types, issued in any country. | Kurt Krueger |
| Y4 | Israeli or Judaic Israeli or Judaic numismatic material of all types. In the event no exhibits qualify, the award may be presented to another deserving exhibit. | Melissa Van Grover |
| Y5 | Medals and tokens Medals and tokens of all countries. | American Numismatic Association |
| Y6 | Medieval and ancient All numismatic material issued prior to 1500 A.D. | Charles H. Wolfe, Sr. |
| Y7 | Errors and varieties Any numismatic material misstruck or misprinted by the producer, including varieties caused by die or plate deterioration or damage. Items mutilated or altered after production are excluded. | Alan Herbert |