There were NO exhibits entered in class 7, 13 or 14 at Philadelphia. Some had several more exhibits entered in one class than in another class.

Classified Exhibit Awards

First-, second, and third-place awards will be given for each competitive class. The chief judge has the authority to withhold awards where exhibits are deemed insufficient. The following awards are established for judged exhibits.

CLASSIFICATION

Class 1 - United States coins
All United States coins and patterns and all coinage or trade tokens used in pre-federal America, except gold.

Class 2 - United States fiscal paper
All paper money and bonds issued by the United States government, including military currency; pre-U.S. colonial, Continental, and Confederate paper money and bonds; state and private banknotes and bonds; scrip; college currency; stock certificates. Essays, proofs, and souvenir cards of such items may also be shown.

Class 3 - Medals, orders, decorations and badges
Medallic items not used as a medium of exchange, or not having trade value. Orders and decorations, convention badges, and badges issued by fraternal orders or other organizations. Excluded are Masonic pennies and tokens included in classes 5-8.

Class 4 - Modern coins and medals
Coins issued 1960 and later. Medallic (non-denominated) material issued by a private mint of any country after 1960, including philatelic numismatic covers.

Class 5 - Tokens
Items, including encased postage, issued unofficially as a medium of exchange for goods and services or for advertising purposes, but excluding American colonial items included in class 1. Includes Masonic pennies and substances used in lieu of metal.

Class 6 - Casino chips and gaming tokens
Items of all types and materials used as gaming pieces, including traditional and non-traditional tokens and other money substitutes and including tokens used in military clubs.

Class 7 - Engraved Coins
Numismatic items that have been converted to jewelry, amulets, or decorative objects. Examples are love tokens, hobo nickels, and "pop-out" coins.

Class 8 - Elongated coins
Souvenirs created using an elongating machine, whether the underlying piece is a coin, token, medal or blank planchet.

Class 9 - Coins issued prior to 1500 A.D.
Coins including gold, issued by any government before 1500 A.D.

Class 10 - Regional U.S. numismatics
Numismatic material of any type specific to a particular region of the United States, such as the locale where the exhibit is being presented.

Class 11 - Numismatics of the Americas
Numismatic material of any type issued or used in the Western Hemisphere outside the United States.

Class 12 - Numismatics of Europe
Numismatic material of any type issued or used in Europe, including Russia east to the Urals.

Class 13 - Numismatics of Africa and the Middle East
Numismatic material of any type issued or used on the continent of Africa and in the Middle East (from Turkey east through Iran and south to Aden).

Class 14 - Numismatics of Asia and the Pacific
All numismatic material issued or used in Asia east of the Urals and Iran, and in the southeast Asian, Australasian, and Pacific islands. Excluded is Hawaii under the United States.

Class 15 - Gold Coins
Gold coins of any provenance or era

Class 16 - Numismatic errors and error varieties
Any numismatic material mis-struck or misprinted by the producer, including varieties caused by die or plate deterioration or damage. Excluded are items mutilated or altered after production.

Class 17 - Numismatic literature
Printed and manuscript (published or unpublished) literature dealing with any numismatic subject.

Class 18 - General, specialized and topical
Numismatic material not covered in other classes or covered by more than one class (but see rule 20.B. above). Includes wooden money, political buttons and insignia, and other exonumia, as well as media of exchange used in carrying

out purchases and business transactions by primitive people and later by others as they progressed from barter to coins, or other items generally accepted as primitive or odd and curious currencies. Also includes exhibits showing

material linked by design, such as elephants or bridges, or by theme, such as

a world's fair.

Class 19 - Convention theme
Numismatic items of any type that, together with the exhibit text, illustrate the announced theme for the convention at which the exhibit is shown. 2012 ANA World's Fair of Money theme: The Birthplace of U.S. Money

Class 20 - Emeritus
Exhibits by individuals not otherwise eligible to exhibit competitively (see rule 1.A.1.), or exhibits that have won best-of-show or twice won in class competition at the World's Fair of Money (see rule 19.A.). Any other exhibit may also be entered at the exhibitor's option. The winner of this class does not advance to best-of-show judging.

YN Exhibit Awards The following awards are established for (Group A) young numismatist division judged exhibits.

Charles H. Wolfe, Sr. Memorial Award for YN Best-of-Show - The award will be given to the exhibit that is determined "YN Best-of-Show" by a panel of judges. Only first place award winners in the YN division classes will be eligible. A plaque and a full scholarship to the ANA Summer Seminar will be awarded to the winner