Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society Announces Newman Grants

The Eric P. Newman Numismatic Education Society (EPNNES) today announces its sixth set of NewmanGrants, created to financially assist numismatic authors and organizations pursuing original research inAmerican and world numismatics. Newman Grants are awarded annually on the late Eric P. Newman'sbirthday and assist with direct costs of numismatic research such as travel, photography, and graphicarts services.

Five awards are being made this year, touching on varied aspects of American numismatics. The 2025Newman Grant awardees are as follows:

Greg Bennick will conduct oral history interviews with prominent numismatists and will document thesevoices for future generations of collectors and researchers.

John Frost will travel to San Bruno, CA to work with U.S. Mint material at the National Archives, inpreparation for a second edition of his work Double Dimes - the United States Twenty-Cent Piece, ofwhich the first edition was co-authored with the late Lane Brunner.

Kent Halland will research U.S. Postal Notes, which were used to transmit small amounts of money viathe post office in the late 19 th century.

Pam Herrick will manage digitization of the Gilroy Roberts archive at the Community College ofPhiladelphia, focusing on the Roberts plaster casts. Roberts is well-known as the engraver of theKennedy half dollar obverse.

Patrick McMahon will research the Rebecca Salisbury scrapbooks at Yale University. Salisbury was oneof the earliest female American numismatists.

It is the hope of EPNNES that this program will continue the legacy of Eric P. Newman in a way thatwould reflect his high standards for numismatic research.