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By Jewish-American Hall of Fame ......   Mel Wacks, Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, has announced that its 53rd annual inductee ―

Leaders in numismatics are essential for helping others to grow within the hobby. Whether that leadership is provided through teaching, mentoring,

Large two-inch limited edition art medals commemorating Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman, one of the first comic book super-heroes,

Experience Jewish-American Hall of Fame Medals With Major Expansion of Website www.amuseum.org made its first appearance on the internet in 1996. In 2002, it won the Numismatic Literary Guild’s (NLG) award as the Best Non-Commercial Website. In May 2021, the newly expanded website makes its debut, just in time to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month. Mel Wacks, Founding Director of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame, has worked for over a year to make this possible, along with programmer...

George Floyd Medal by Jeanne Stevens-Sollman Wins 2021 American Medal of the Year Award 2021 American Medal of the Year (AMY) award for her powerful work honoring George Floyd. Anton Rose, Elijah McClain, Breanna Taylor, and other Black people, when George Floyd’s life was snuffed out by a white police officer in May 2020, Jeanne Stevens-Sollman was overwhelmed, asking herself “Why? What can I do??” Describing her inspiration, Ms. Stevens-Sollman writes: “I am an artist, working in m...

David Jacobson Wins American Israel Numismatic Association 2021 Shekel Prize University of Oxford, has won the Shekel Prize Medal, awarded by the American Israel Numismatic Association (AINA) for “Agrippa II, the Last of the Herods” as the best 2020 publication on Judaic/Israel numismatics. “It is a great honor to be the recipient of this prestigious award and I greatly appreciate the esteem of the members of the judging committee of my endeavors,” Jacobson said upon receiving the ...