Huntington
Medal Award
The
Huntington Medal Award is conferred annually in honor of the late Archer
M. Huntington in recognition of outstanding career contributions
to numismatic scholarship. The medal was designed in 1908 by Emil
Fuchs to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of the ANS.
At Huntington's request, his image does not appear on it.
Initially,
bronze copies were distributed to members and collectors who displayed
pieces at exhibitions sponsored by the Society. However, as the
Council later noted, when the medal was commissioned, "[i]t was
provided that specimens in silver should be awarded from time to time,
in recognition of literary or other services to the science of numismatics."
The
first such award was conferred to Edward Newell
in 1918. For a complete list of recipients of the Huntington Medal
Award, click here.
Saltus
Medal Award
The
Saltus Medal Award was initiated in 1913 by J.
Sanford Saltus to reward sculptors "for distinguished achievement
in the field of the art of the medal." The silver medal was
designed by A. A. Weinman, one of the finest American sculptors of the
Beaux-Arts tradition and the second winner of the award.
Until
1983, the award was given intermittently to a total of thirty-one American
medallic artists. In 1983, eligibility was expanded and since
then the medal has been given to both American and foreign artists for
lifetime achievement in medallic art.
For
a complete list of recipients of the Saltus Medal Award, click here.
In
1996, Stephen K. Scher endowed the "Stephen K. Scher Lecture on
the Art and History of the Medal" which is given at the ceremony
during which the Saltus Medal Award is conferred. To view a complete
list of lecturers and their topics, click here.
