Bruce Perdue writes:

CSNS to award $40,000 to Authors

"Grants for Authors Doubled" The CSNS Board in its April meeting voted to double the amount of money available to authors who wish to research, write and publish numismatic books. Beginning July 1 of this year, $40,000 will be available to prospective authors. Grants of up to $5,000 may be applied for.

Additional information can be obtained from CSNS Education Director, Ray Lockwood, 765-664-6520 or email: sunrayofmarion@aol.com

Second-year Book Grants

CSNS awarded $20,000 to Authors

Six authors writing about a variety of subjects, ranging from square coins to Protestant Reformation medals, have been awarded Central States Numismatic Society publication grants for 2012..

Second year grants include:

Michael Van Den Heuval of Fredericksberg, Denmark: $275 to complete and publish a book about square coins of the world: 1900-2008.

Dr. Lawrence Lee of Lincoln, NE: $3,800 for research leading to an expanded article on coins found at Fort Atkinson.

Wendell Wolka of Bargersville, IN: $5,000 to photograph medals to be included in a 500 - 600 page catalogue of numismatic items related to the Protestant Reformation.

Prue Morgan Fitts of Wolfeboro, NH: $4,000 for partial funding of a self-published book titled A Beginner's Guide For Identifying Byzantine Coins.

Jesca Scaevola of Columbia, MO: $5,000 for original research in India on rare coins known as "Kusana" bronze coins. Her objective is to publish her findings as a masters dissertation and an eventual book on the subject.

Kathy Freeland: $1,925 Grant Awarded for her book on Red Cross Numismatics during WWII.

Interested authors should contact Education Director Ray Lockwood at 2075 E. Bocock Rd., Marion, IN, 46952 or sunrayofmarion@aol.com for additional information and/or to apply for a grant.

For more information, see:Third-year Book Grants(www.centralstates.info/bookgrants.html)