Congratulations, team --- for the third year in a row, a Whitman Publishing title has won the Numismatic Literary Guild's highest honor, "Book of the Year."

The Secret History of the First U.S. Mint, by Joel Orosz and Leonard Augsburger, was the recipient of this prestigious award. It was deemed the book having the greatest potential impact on numismatics. Criteria include overall reader appeal, research quality, photographic, printing, and graphic excellence, cover, and typography.

Other Whitman winners include the following, each of which was recognized for Extraordinary Merit:

• A Guide Book of Franklin and Kennedy Half Dollars, by Rick Tomaska
• A Guide Book of Modern United States Proof Coin Sets, 2nd edition, by David W. Lange
• 100 Greatest U.S. Modern Coins, by Scott Schechter and Jeff Garrett 
• 100 Greatest U.S. Error Coins, by Nicholas Brown, David Camire, and Fred Weinberg

Congratulations and thank you to our very talented and knowledgeable authors, and to the Whitman Publishing team who contributed their professional expertise to these award-winning books.