American Numismatic Association officials announced some of the organization’s annual awards that were to be presented during the World’s Fair of Money in Milwaukee in August.

The first $1 million pledge in the American Numismatic Association’s $40 million fund-raising effort to put museums on both coasts and improve the one in Colorado Springs, Colo., was made by Steven L. Contursi, president of Rare Coin Wholesalers of Dana Point, Calif.

Steven Contursi to Receive 2007 Exemplary Service Award