Since 1982, in order to encourage the publication of books of scientific and general interest, the International Association of Professional Numismatists (IAPN) have awarded an annual honorary prize for a numismatic work published the previous year. During the annual IAPN General Assembly, members hold a vote to select a winner from among the many titles submitted to the competition.
The IAPN Book Prize consists of a medal, a diploma and a monetary award. Prize winners are formally presented with their award during a future IAPN gathering.
Books suitable for the prize must be submitted to the Chairman of the Publication Committee 90-days before the General Assembly of the Association.
The Prize Winners of the IAPN Book Prize:
2023: KULKARNI, Prashant P. Archaic Coinage of the Godavari Valley and The Deccan. [1], [2]
Prashant P. Kulkarni, Nagpur, India.
ISBN 978-93-5526-685-9
Available from Spink Books, London, U.K., spinkbooks.com
2022: HILL, Steve. The Gold Sovereign Series. 2nd revised edition. [1]
Steve Hill, London, U.K.
ISBN 978-1-908828-55-2
Available from Token Publishing, Exeter, U.K., tokenpublishing.com
2021: DELZANNO, Roberto. Sveriges Myntbok/Münzen aus Schweden/Coins from Sweden 995-2022. [1]
Roberto Delzanno, Stockholm, Sweden.
ISBN 978-91-639-9468-5 Available from delzanno.se, Sweden, delzanno.se
2020: DELZANNO, Roberto. Sveriges Guldmynt 1512-2020. Roberto Delzanno, Stockholm, Sweden. ISBN 978-91-639-9466-1. Available from delzanno.se, Sweden, delzanno.se
2019: LORBER, C. Catherine, Coins of the Ptolemaic Empire (2 volumes)
The American Numismatic Society (2018).
ISBN: 978-0-89722-356-0 Available from ANS, New York, USA, numismatics.org
2018: STEVENS, Paul, The Coins of the English East India Company: Presidency Series. A Catalogue and Pricelist. (January 31, 2018)
ISBN: 978-1907427701. Available from Spink Books, London, U.K., spinkbooks.com
2017: PANGERL, Andreas, Portraits: 500 Years of Roman Coin Portraits
STAATLICHE MUENZSAMMLUNG MUENCHEN (Munich, GER) 2017
ISBN: 978-3-922840-36-7
2016: VANHOUDT, Hugo, De munten van de Bourgondische, Spaanse en Oostenrijkse Nederlanden en van de Franse en Hollandse periode, Heverlee 2015
ISBN 978-90-802-8784-3
2015: CRIPPA, Carlo e Silvana, Le Monete di Milano, Milano 2014.
2014: VECCHI, Italo, Italian Cast Coinage. A descriptive catalogue of the Cast Bronze Coinage and its struck counterparts in ancient Italy from the 7th to 3rd centuries BC, 2013
ISBN 978-0-9575784-0-1.
2013 : Krisadaolarn, Ronachai/Mihailovs, Vasilijs, Siamese Coins from Funan to the Fifth Reign.
2012 : Janson, Hector Carlos, La Moneda Circulante en el Territorio Argentino 1574-2010.
Published by the author.
2011 : Eimer, Christopher, British Commerative Medals and Their Values
ISBN 978-1-907427-06-0. Available from christophereimer.co.uk
2010 : Zöttl, Helmut, Salzburg, Münzen und Medaillen 1500-1800. (2 volumes)
ISBN 978-3-9502590-0-1/-1-8
2009 : Hurter, S. Mani, Die Didrachmenprägung von Segesta
ISBN 978-3-033015-64.
2008 : McAlee, Richard, The Coins of Roman Antioch
ISBN 0-9709268-9-8.
2007 : J. Vico Monteoliva et al., Corpus Nummorum Visigothorum
ISBN 84-609-8913-5.
2006 : M. Mehl, Die Münzen des Stiftes Quedlinburg
ISBN 3-933420-02-4.
2005 : S. Cudazzo, Monete Italiane Regionali, Casa Savoia.
2004 : C. Dekesel, Bibliography of the 17th Century Numismatic Books.
2003 : A. Houghton & C. Lorber, Seleucid Coins (2 volumes).
2002 : H.E. Manville, Tokens of the Industrial Revolution 1787-1828.
2001 : E. Diakov, Russian Coins of Peter the Great.
2000 : David L. Vagi, Coinage and History of the Roman Empire (2 volumes).
1999 : P. Voltolina, La Storia di Venezia attraverso le medaglie dal XIV al XIX secolo.
1998 : Money a History & The Story of Money (British Museum).
1997 : Sabine Bourgey, Trésor – Légendes et Réalités.
1996 : U. Klein & A. Raff, Die Württembergischen Medaillen von 1496-1797.
1995 : Stephen Scher, The Currency of Fame. Portrait medals of the Renaissance.
1994 : Ms. M. Caccamo Caltabiano, La Monetazione di Messana.
1993 : R. Friedberg, Gold Coins of the World from Ancient Times to the Present.
1992 : D. Gill, The Coinage of Ethiopia; Eritrea and Italian Somaliland.
1991 : G.K. Jenkins & M. Castro Hipolito, A Catalogue of the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection of Greek Coins, Part II, Lisboa.
1990 : R.D. van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain.
1989 : D.R. Cooper, The Art and Craft of Coin Making: A History of Minting Technology.
1988 : R. Calciati, Corpus Nummorum Siculorum I-III.
1987 : Ph. Grierson & M. Blackburn, Medeval European Coinage I, The Early Middle Ages.
1986 : D. Eustache, Corpus des Monnaies Alawites (Banque du Maroc).
1985 : D.M. Metcalf, Coinage of the Crusades and the Latin East in the Ashmolean Museum Oxford.
1984 : E.R. Duncan Elias, Anglo-Gallic Coins.
1983 : D. Sear, Greek Imperial Coins.
1982 : M.J. Price (Editor), Coins, 650 BC to the Present Day.