Since 1974 the GIG prize which is endowed with 500 € (formely 1000 DM) is awarded every year. The first awardee in 1974 was Prof. Dr. Peter Berghaus. The GIG prize goes to outstanding personalities from Germany and abroad who are not neccessarily experts in the numismatic field, but are friendly to the interest of coin collectors.
Year
| GIG awardee | city | contributions ... |
| 2010 | Dr. Dietrich Klose | Munich Germany | Head of the State Collection of Coins Munich Services on numismatics and coin collectors
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| 2009 | Dr. Bernhard Prokisch | Linz Austria | The Reitpfennigprägung of the Austrian Erbländer |
| 2008 | Dr. Hermann Maué | Nuremberg Germany | Medals - snares in regulation and interpretation |
| 2007 | Dr. Frank Berger | Frankfurt Germany | The coins of Friedrich II. |
| 2006 | Ivo Halacka | Brno Czech Republic | Bohemian Taler issues |
| 2005 | Dr. Peter Ilisch | Münster Germany | The early days of the German Reich coinage |
| 2004 | Dieter Heus | Ilmenau Germany | Franconia and Thuringia |
| 2003 | Dr. Ursula Kampmann | Loerrach Germany | Editorial work about ancient times |
| 2002 | Prof. Dr. Bernd Kluge | Berlin Germany | Middle Age and Brandenburg |
| 2001 | Dr. Konrad Schneider | Frankfurt Germany | Modern numismatics |
| 2000 | Dr. Hubert Emmerig | Vienna Austria | Middle Age and modern numismatics |
| 1999 | Prof. Dr. W. Weiser | Berg. Gladbach Germany | Ancient numismatics |
| 1998 | Michael Kunzel | Berlin Germany | Coinage of Mecklenburg |
| 1997 | Prof. Dr. Philip Grierson | Cambridge England | More than 200 publications about Byzantium, the migration period and medievil coinage |
| 1996 | Prof. Dr. N. Klüssendorf | Marburg Germany | Numerous publications about numismatics |
| 1995 | Dr. Ulla Westermark | Stockholm Sweden | Ancient numismatics with focus on Sicily |
| 1994 | Dr. Wolfgang Steguweit | Berlin Germany | Numerous publications about the medieval coinage |
| 1993 | Dr. Ulrich Klein Albert Raff | Stuttgart Germany | Wuerttemberg numismatics |
| 1992 | Gilles Hennequin | Paris France | Islamic numismatic |
| 1991 | Karl-Heinz Weigelt | Dresden Germany | Catalogue of the Meissener Porzellan medais 1947-1983 |
| 1990 | Dr. Wolfgang Heß | Munich Germany | Scientist and very helpful collector
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| 1989 | Elvira E. Clain-Stefanelli | Washington USA | Historicly valuable publications |
| 1988 | Prof. Dr. Gerd Hatz | Hamburg Germany | Several scientific publications |
| 1987 | Dr. h.c. R. Weiller | Luxembourg Luxembourg | Extensive scientific work |
| 1986 | Egon Beckenbauer | Munich Germany | Reprint and publishing of important numismatic literature |
| 1985 | Dr. Helmut Jungwirth | Vienna Austria | Secretary of the Oesterreichische Numismatische Gesellschaft |
| 1984 | Dr. Arie Kindler | Tel Aviv Israel | More than 150 publications President of the Israel Numismatic Society |
| 1983 | Dr. Leo Mildenberg | Zurich Switzerland | Greek numismatics and service to collectors |
| 1982 | Prof. Dr. Maria Alföldi | Frankfurt Germany | Many publications on ancient coins |
| 1981 | Dr. Elisabeth Nau | Stuttgart Germany | President of the Wuerttembergische Verein für Münzkunde |
| 1980 | Prof. Dr. Paul Arnold | Dresden Germany | Services on numismatics and coin collectors
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| 1979 | Dr. Joachim Weschke | Frankfurt Germany | Services on the promotion of the collectors Head of the Geldmuseum der Deutschen Bundesbank |
| 1978 | Dr. Erich Cahn Prof. Dr. Herbert A. Cahn | Basel Switzerland | Founder of the company Münzen und Medaillen AG Nephews of Julius Cahn who was the coin dealer in Frankfurt |
| 1977 | Prof. Dr. F. Wieland | Karlsruhe Germany | Director of the coin cabinet at the Badisches Landesmuseum More than 200 publications |
| 1976 | Prof. Dr. W. M. Potin | Saint Petersburg Russia | Director of the state Eremitage in St. Petersburg |
| 1975 | Dr. Enno van Gelder | Den Haag Netherlands | Director of the royal coin cabinet in Den Haag |
| 1974 | Prof. Dr. Peter Berghaus | Muenster Germany | Encouragement of young collectors Director of the Westfaelisches Landesmuseum in Muenster |
Issue 250
Die Münzen der jüdischen Kriege im 1. und 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr.
Taler der Stadt Hameln ohne Jahreszahl
Medaillenprägung im 19. Jahrhundert an der Königlichen Münze Berlin, Auftraggeber und Technik
Weltreiterspiele und numismatischer Pferdesport