A Guide Book of the Official Red Book of United States Coins Wins Award

From the Numismatic Literary Guild's web site:

EXTRAORDINARY MERIT:

A Guide Book of the Official Red Book of United States Coins, by Frank J. Colletti


Also:
NON-NUMISMATIC PUBLICATIONS

THE MAURICE M. GOULD MEMORIAL AWARD, BEST COLUMN: "Money Talk," Frank J. Colletti, Lost Treasure Magazine

[Blushes modestly.]

I am also a member, which is also an achivement.

 

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My sincere congratulations on this award Frank! and, for adding to the knowledge of our hobby.

NOT everyone is born to be a writer!

With regards,

Eduard



PS -I hope the royalties from your book allow you to purchase many numismatic delicacies!

 

Congrats!!!!:thumb:

I love LostTreasure!!!!!

 

Congratulations. Writing is a wonderful talent and it must be very gratifying to have your efforts published and then awarded in this manner. The Red Book book is on my Christmas wish list for this year.

 

I've got my copy and have already read it.
Well composed and written.
It's a tough job keeping the reader interested in a subject that is essentially a listing.
You did very well.
And all the anecdotes really flesh it out.

 

Congrats Frank!

 

"You will have what the public cannot give..."

Perhaps you could place a review in the E-SYLUM, the maillist of the Numismatic Bibliomania Society. The NBS has been watching this book in production for some time:

• Red Book aficiado RICK MANTIA submitted this announcement.
  http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n18a08.html
• Whitman's Amanda DeWees asked for help from the NBS:
  http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n21a09.html
• Whitman's Press Release reprinted
  http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v11n50a05.html
• Bressett's article for Whitman's magazine reprinted
  http://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v12n16a05.html

I am always surprised at the people who post to boards like this and then think that "writers" have some special talent. If you can write for CoinTalk, you can write for Coin World. Believe me. It takes more work, to be sure, but it is only more of the same work, not a different kind of work.

 

I disagree.
As an ex-Fed, I used to write a lot of procurement documents, technical specs and user manuals.
I was good.
But those documents would glaze everyone's eyes in a heartbeat except bidders and users.

But writing to capture the interest of the general public or even special interest groups ... well, that's a different skill.
And I believe it requires the writer to be a bit of an artist too.
And I'm talking non-fiction.

Writing fiction would be totally alien to me.

 

Frank!! Congrats!!!

I still need to get a reference copy here at the shop. I think im gonna put it on my "to be ordered" list. I might just have to mail it to you and get you to sign it for me. I like to get my reference books signed when I can.

 

Congrats Vinnie. Job well done my friend.

 

Well, to answer a few:

Kange & all: Thanks for the kind words.

Matt: It would be my pleasure!

Jim: Vinnie says: "yo!"

Doug: [no comment, blushes modestly.]