Since 1982 the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) has annually conducted its book prize award honoring numismatic authors for what the organization considers “the best numismatic publication of the year”. Each year books are submitted to the IAPN and voted on at their annual Congress. First place consists of a medal, a diploma, and a monetary reward.
During the IAPN Congress held in Madrid, June 22-24, 2025, IAPN members reviewed 21 books on ancient, medieval, early modern, and modern coins as well as paper money before awarding top honors to Jean-Yves Kind for his 2 Volume set, Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises. 1: Monnaies d’or Louis IX à Louis XII; 2: Monnaies d’or François Ier à Louis XVI. Second place went to Lucia Carbone for her Local Coinages in a Roman World: Second Century BC First Century AD. Third place went to Hugo Vanhoudt and John Saunders for their Gold Coinage of the Low Countries.
Jean-Yves Kind, the first prize winner, is an archivist and former special advisor on the Conservation of Treaties at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He has managed the French coin collection at the National Library of France since 2009. His book catalogues an important part of the extraordinary collection of French royal gold coins found in his Institution. This comprehensive collection covered in two volumes includes gold coins issued from the reigns of Louis IX to Louis XVI, featuring many extremely rare and unique specimens.
Full title of the prize winners and where these books can be purchased are as follows:
KIND, Jean-Yves. Catalogue des Monnaies Royales Françaises. 1: Monnaiesd’or Louis IX à Louis XII; 2: Monnaies d’or François Ier à Louis XVI2 vols. Bibliothèque Nationale de France/Éditions V. Gadoury, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2024
ISBN 978-2-90660-256-4
Price: €95. Order at https://www.gadoury.com/en/books/catalogue-des-monnaies-royales-francaises-tome-i-et-ii.
CARBONE, Lucia. Local Coinages in a Roman World: Second Century BC First Century AD2 vols. American Numismatic Society, New York, 2024
ISBN 978-0-89722-419-2 and 978-0-89722-420-8
Price: US $325. Order at https://numismatics.org/store/rbw/.
VANHOUDT, Hugo, and SAUNDERS, John. The Gold Coinage of the Low Countries Hugo Vanhoudt, Heverlee, NL, 2024
ISBN 978-1-73565-981-7
Price: €100. Order from vanhoudt.hugo@gmail.com.
IAPN plans to bestow the award to the first prize winner at a ceremony to take place at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.in conjunction with an upcoming numismatic event in Paris. Details to follow.
Books suitable for the prize must have an imprint of the previous year and be submitted to the Chairman of the Publication Committee at least 90 days prior to the dates of the General Assembly (i.e. end of February).
If you or someone you know would like to submit a numismatic reference for the IAPN book prize, please contact the chairman of the Publications Committee, Peter Preston-Morley, via email: ppm@noonans.co.uk.
For more information regarding the IAPN. please visit their website: https://www.iapn-coins.org/.
For enquires about the Association, please contact:
The IAPN General Secretary, 57, rue Grimaldi, 98000 MONACO. | +377 93 25 12 96 | secretary@iapn-coins.org.
