Professional Coin Grading Service has launched a new writing award program to honor its top in-house writing staff, the very experts who help deliver the latest information from the grading desks and across the numismatic scene.

The first individuals to be recognized as part of the inaugural initiative are PCGS World Coin Expert Jay Turner and PCGS Price Guide Editor Jaime Hernandez. Turner won the PCGS Numismatic Writer of the Year Award while Hernandez earns runner-up nods as PCGS Outstanding Writer.

remarks PCGS President Brett Charville.

says PCGS Rare Coin Market Report Editor-in-Chief Joshua McMorrow-Hernandez.

comments Turner, who has been a coin collector since the age of 13 and joined PCGS in 2017.

Two of Turner's favorite articles include (https://www.pcgs.com/news/hello-kitty-and-her-coinage) and (https://www.pcgs.com/news/guatemala-8-reales-hoard-reassembled).

There is also an article he wrote about the discovery of a rare 1776 Continental Dollar in a French junk box (https://www.pcgs.com/news/pcgs-paris-office-certifies-1776-continental-dollar) that was originally published in the January-February issue of PCGS Rare Coin Market Report; the story was later shared on the PCGS Blog, where it went viral on a variety of news media sites, including FOX News and Great Britain's Daily Mail. Adds Turner,