NBS member Jerry Adams writes:

The National Token Collectors Association (NTCA) a group of 500 collectors of trade tokens has just initiated the "James J. Curto Annual Award." The award will be presented to the NTCA member voted to have written the best book on exonumia in the preceding year.

The award is named in honor of numismatist James J. Curto (1902-1993). Curto was the author of "Military Tokens of the United States" (1970), "Military Tokens of the United States II" (1978), "Indian & Post Trader Tokens" (1951), "Post Exchange, Canteen and Other Military Tokens" (1954), "Sutlers and Their Tokens" (1946), and other books which set a high standard for research and publication. Mr. Curto resided in Grosse Point, Michigan and was a member of the American Numismatic Association.

The first award will be announced by NTCA in April 2010. Information inquiries may be addressed to Jerry Adams at RED13STARWOOD@YAHOO.COM.

Jerry adds: