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The Canadian Numismatic Research Society (CNRS) was founded in 1963 by a group of respected Canadian numismatists who wished to stimulate public awareness and understanding of numismatics related to Canada, through the promotion of research and study, and the dissemination of knowledge.

Membership in the CNRS is by invitation only. The main criteria are that a prospective member be actively engaged in numismatic research and has published the results of his/her research in a widely distributed journal or book. Current members have a wide range of interests from ancient coins to Canadian banking history and include coins, tokens, medals, paper money and numismatic literature.

The society does not evaluate or grade material.

The Society publishes a quarterly in conjunction with the Canadian Association of Token Collectors. This quarterly, Numismatica Canada, is available to non-members on an annual basis postpaid for Can$25.00 within Canada or US$25.00 to the USA. For destinations outside of North American please enquire, since costs are primarily dependent on postage. The content is primarily concerned with Canadian tokens and their histories, but there are numerous articles on medals, modern municipal trade dollars and other numismatic topics. Please contact the editor:

Transactions of the Canadian Numismatic Research Society

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The idea of a CNRS literary award was conceived in 1968. It had been decided that the award would be open to persons who were not Fellows of the Society. The award, in the form of a certificate, was to be for the best contribution to Canadian numismatic literature published during the previous year. The recipient was subject to the approval of the Canadian Numismatic Association Executive and the certificate would be presented at the CNA convention. Some confusion later ensued as to exactly what published material would be considered for the award. In 1972 an effort was made to clarify the rules and allow the inclusion of published books as well as contributions to periodical literature. The name of the award was changed to The Numismatic Research Award.

Following the death of Fred Bowman in 1978, the Society renamed the literary award in his honour. The award was to be known as The CNRS Fred Bowman Award for Literary Excellence. Today the award is simply referred to as the Fred Bowman Literary Award and may be presented to Fellows and non-Fellows alike.

The following is a list of recipients of the Fred Bowman Literary Award. It should be noted that changes to the award over the years have created some confusion in how the award was recorded. Initially, the award was presented the year after the work being recognized was published. About the time the award was renamed in Fred Bowman’s honour, this changed. An award could now be presented for a work published two or three years previously. This list indicates the year the award was presented to the recipient. Beginning in 2013, a medal has been presented instead of a certificate.

1969 - James A. Haxby	1997 - Christopher D. Ryan
1970 - Norman W. Williams	1998 - No award
1971 - William H. McDonald	1999 - Mel Kyle
1972 - Harry Eisenhauer	2000 - Janesse Y. Leung
1973 - Michael Curry	2001 - Dominic Labbé
1974 - Wilfred Harrison	2002 - Ted Leitch
1975 - Jack Roberts	2003 - Walter Allan
1976 - Norm Wells	2004 - Philip L. Mossman
1977 - Peter Moogk	2005 - Robert Vlack
1978 - Stephen Dushnik	2006 - Scott E. Douglas
1979 - Bob Graham	2007 - Louis E. Jordan
1980 - No award	2008 - Warren Baker
1981 - Jerry Remick	2009 - Scott Douglas & Chris Faulkner
1982 - R.C. Bell	2010 - Angus Sutherland
1983 - Peter Russell	2011 - Rob Turner
1984 - No award	2012 - Paul Berry
1985 - Warren Baker	2013 - Chris Faulkner
1986 - Douglas Baldwin	2014 - No award
1987 - No award	2015 - Henry Nienhuis
1988 - Ronald Rudin	2016 - James Haxby
1989 - No award	2017 - No award
1990 - George Sheppard	2018 - Chris Faulkner
1991 - George Brown	2019 - Harvey Richer (for a 2017 book)
1992 - No award	2020 - No award
1993 - No award	2021 - Ron Cheek
1994 - Jack Boddington, Richard Bird
1995 - John Kleeberg (ANS)
1996 - No award

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Publications

The society also publishes occasional papers. The following are available:

Occasional Paper No. 1: The Tokens of Greenwood and Phoenix, B.C. by Ronald Greene 1993, pp 62, illustrated An in-depth study of two mining communities in British Columbia's Boundary Country with histories of all known issuers and all known tokens illustrated. Now available. Softcover. $15.95 post-paid in Canada, US$13.50 post-paid elsewhere

Occasional Paper No. 2: Robert C. Willey's Dictionary of Canadian Medallists. Edited by Ronald Greene 1998, pp 180, illustrated This book provides biographical and historical notes about people and companies involved in designing and producing Canadian coins, tokens and medals relating to Canada. A thoroughly researched text (arranged alphabetically) of known designers, engravers and medallists of Canadian numismatic items, it is an essential source for the serious collector who is interested in more than the basic information presented in the standard catalogues. A useful bibliography is also included with 10 plates illustrating medals. Now available. Softcover. Can $26.95 postpaid in Canada, US$26.95 postpaid elsewhere.

Buy both Occasional Papers No. 1 and No. 2 and save $5.00 in postage.

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Contact the CNRS

Ron Cheek, Secretary-Treasurer
Canadian Numismatic Research Society

E-mail: [email protected]

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