The Cincinnati Numismatic Association presented a Certificate of Award to Waldo C. Moore (1874-1953) on March23, 1945, which carried the degree of Doctor of Numismatics. Moore had served as the president of the ANA during1919-1920. His obituary in The Numismatist stated that, "He had made more contributions to our magazine than anyother person, living or dead." His title of Doctor of Numismatics carried all the prestige that goes with acertificate from a local club.

Cincinnati continued to be the place to get a doctorate in numismatics. Donald Kagin received that degree in 1979from the Union Graduate School in Cincinnati. This was an experimental school for non-traditional education.Kagin created the curriculum to be the first student in America to receive that degree. At the time, this was alegitimate academic degree. The Union Institute & University (UI&U) had financial difficulties and permanentlyclosed on June 30, 2024.

In 2008, the ANA presented J. P. Martin and Bill Fivaz with "Doctor of Numismatic" degrees. When two more werepresented the following year, they were noted as honorary degrees. The honor came, "with all the rights, privilegesand responsibilities which here and everywhere pertain to this degree." Those rights, privileges and responsibilitieswere not stated.

This is a Summer Seminar thing. Awards are presented at Summer Seminar to Summer Seminar instructors.Announcements of the awards do not mention who selects the people to be honored.

Many people working in numismatics have a Ph,D in some related field. There have been proposals for the ANA tocreate an academic program to grant degrees in numismatics. Currently there is no way for a student to acquire aDoctor of Numismatic degree through the ANA.

These people have received the honor (possibly not complete):

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
KYLE KNAPP AWARDED HONORARY DOCTORATE(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n29a12.html)
NOTES FROM E-SYLUM READERS: JULY 28, 2024 : ANA Doctor of Numismatics Awardees?(https://www.coinbooks.org/v27/esylum_v27n30a12.html)