The Farran Zerbe Memorial Award is the highest honor conferred by the American Numismatic Association

American Numismatic Association

The American Numismatic Association was founded in 1891 by Dr. George F. Heath in Chicago, Illinois. The ANA was formed to advance the knowledge of numismatics along educational, historical and scientific lines, as well as enhance interest in the hobby.The ANA national headquarters and museum is...

. The award is named after Farran Zerbe

Farran Zerbe

Farran Zerbe was the former President of the American Numismatic Association from 1908 to 1910. In 1969, he was posthumously inducted into the ANA Hall of Fame. An award is named in his honour and awarded by the ANA on an annual basis...

, a one-time president of the American Numismatic Association. It is given in recognition of numerous years of outstanding, dedicated service to numismatics. The criteria for the nominee should be that the individual is considered someone who has rendered numerous years of outstanding service to the ANA as well as the field of numismatics.
An additional qualification is that the nominee should be a former Medal of Merit and Glenn Smedley Memorial Award recipient. The award is limited only to members of the ANA.

1950s

• 1952 - June T. Pond
• 1953 - Col. Joseph Moss
• 1954 - Lewis M. Reagan
• 1955 – Dr. J Hewitt Judd
• 1956 – Richard S. Yeoman
• 1957 - No Award Given
• 1958 - Burton H. Saxton
• 1959 – Louis S. Werner

1960s

• 1960 – Glenn B. Smedley
• 1961 – Dr. John F. Lhotka, Jr.
• 1962 – Lee F. Hewitt
• 1963 – Elston G. Bradfield
• 1964 - Jack W. Ogilvie
• 1965 - Lionel C. Panosh
• 1966 - J. Douglas Ferguson
• 1967 – Dr. John S. Davenport
• 1968 - Oscar H. Dodson
  Oscar H. Dodson
  Oscar H. Dodson was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, who served during World War II. After retiring from the Navy, Dodson became a professor of history, and was a noted numismatist.-Naval career:...
  
  
• 1969 – Eric P. Newman

1970s

• 1970 – Charles M. Johnson
• 1971 – Don Sherer
• 1972 – Abe Kosoff
• 1973 - Matt H. Rothert
• 1974 – Herbert Berge
• 1975 - Margo Russell
• 1976 – Fred C. Bowman and Maurice M. Gould
• 1977 – Chester L. Krause
• 1978 – William C. Henderson
• 1979 – John J. Gabarron

1980s

• 1980 - John Jay Pittman
• 1981 – Virgil Hancock
• 1982 – George D. Hatie
• 1983 – Clyde Hubbard
• 1984 – Charles L. Krause and Clifford E. Mishler
• 1985 – Adna G. Wilde, Jr.
• 1986 – Charles H. Wolfe
• 1987 – Virginia Culver and Edward C. Rochette
  Edward C. Rochette
  Edward C. Rochette has devoted nearly all of his adult life in service to the American Numismatic Association. His first exposure to the ANA was as an editor of The Numismatist in 1966. Later, he would spent most of his 20 years as executive vice president. In 1987 he was elected to the ANA Board...
  
  
• 1988 – Adeline and Aubrey E. Bebee
• 1989 – Harry X. Boosel

1990s

• 1990 - James L. Miller
• 1991 – Q. David Bowers
  Q. David Bowers
  Quentin David Bowers is among the best-known and most noteworthy numismatic authors of the last 50 years. Beginning in 1953, Bowers’s contributions to numismatics have continued uninterrupted and unabated to the present day. He has been involved in the selling of rare coins since 1953 when he was...
  
  
• 1992 – Paul R. Whitnah
• 1993 – Robert L. Hendershott
• 1994 – Florence M. Shook
• 1995 – Dorothy C. Baber and Bill Fivaz
• 1996 – Elvira Clain-Stefanelli
• 1997 – Ruthann Brettell
• 1998 – Bert and Kenneth E. Bressett
• 1999 – Kenneth L. Hallenbeck
  Kenneth L. Hallenbeck
  Kenneth L. Hallenbeck is a former president of the American Numismatic Association. He has served with the ANA for 58 years. In recognition of his service and dedication to numismatics, he has received various honours from the ANA...
  
  

2000s

• 2000 - Arthur M. Kagin
• 2001 – Harry J. Forman
• 2002 – Anthony J. Swiatek
• 2003 – Lighthouse Family and Charles J. Ricard
• 2004 – Gene R. and Patricia Hynds
• 2005 – Joseph E. Boling
• 2006 – Larry J. Gentile, Sr.
• 2007 – Nancy Opitz Wilson and John Wilson
  John Wilson (Numismatist)
  John Wilson, Jr. grew up on the south side of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was President of the American Numismatic Association from 2001 to 2003. In 2007, he was honored with the Farran Zerbe Memorial Award. It was an honor that was also given to his wife, Nancy Opitz Wilson.-Early life:Wilson...