Heritage’s Jim Stoutjesdyk Receives ANA Presidential Award

Heritage Auctions partner and Senior Vice President Jim Stoutjesdyk has been named the recipient of the American Numismatic Association’s Presidential Award.

“This award is a fitting tribute for Jim, whose impact at Heritage and in the numismatic community is difficult to measure,” says Jim Halperin, Co-Chairman at Heritage Auctions. “He has as much knowledge and experience as anyone in the hobby and has helped to educate countless young numismatists. His many contributions that have helped Heritage remain the world’s premier auctioneer of coins can not be overstated.”

The award is bestowed upon people and entities who have made notable contributions to the ANA and numismatics. Board presidents have the discretion to make selections throughout their terms to recognize those making a difference in numismatics. Stoutjesdyk was selected for the award by current ANA president Thomas Uram. ANA past president Bob Campbell presented the award to Stoutjesdyk at the recent Long Beach Expo coin show.

“This is an award that is long overdue to a pillar of the numismatic community,” Campbell said. “Jim is a dealer’s dealer who provides liquidity to the rare coin industry and always remembers his roots by giving back to the hobby through his sharing of knowledge with others.”

Stoutjesdyk has enjoyed a long-standing relationship with the ANA, starting with a pair of summer internships at the ANA headquarters while he was in college, where he co-wrote a book about the colonial coins in the ANA Money Museum and learned coin grading from the staff of ANACS. He wrote articles, gave educational presentations, created educational exhibits and won two ANA YN (Young Numismatist) Best in Show awards; in 1987, the ANA named him Young Numismatist of the Year.

Stoutjesdyk has been a fixture at Heritage since his arrival in 1993. He quickly became a vital team member who buys and sells millions of dollars of rare coins each month, pricing the new coins available for sale each day and overseeing the daily operations of the rare coin department. In 2024, Stoutjesdyk was named a partner and owner of Heritage Auctions.

For nearly two decades, Stoutjesdyk has been an instructor at the ANA Summer Seminar, teaching Grading United States Coins, Part 1, and recently served as co-instructor for the ANA’s eLearning Academy as part of its Aristotle’s Vault video forum. He volunteers for one week every July as an instructor at Witter Coin University’s program for young numismatists.

In 2019, the ANA awarded Stoutjesdyk with the prestigious Doctor of Numismatics honorary degree. In 2021, he received the Glen Smedley Memorial Award for his efforts to promote grassroots education and goodwill in the numismatic community.

“I am extremely fortunate to be involved in the hobby of numismatics and be able to turn my passion into my profession,” Stoutjesdyk said. “Being able to handle some of the greatest rarities in numismatics on an almost daily basis is truly a dream come true. I have had a wonderful relationship with the ANA for over 40 years, and I will continue sharing my knowledge with fellow collectors through my teaching at the ANA Summer Seminar and my recent online video series on coin grading topics that has the potential to educate thousands of people.”