R.W. Julian

Robert W. "R.W." Julian (born December 8, 1938) is an American numismatist, author, and researcher.

Education and career Julian was educated at Purdue University, where he received a bachelor's and master's degree. He has contributed over 1,300 individual articles on numismatics during his career.

During his career he has written several books, including: Medals of the United States Mint, The First Century, 1792–1892 (1977); From Rus to Revolution; Russian Coins Through A Thousand Years (1988); Medals of the U.S. Assay Commission, 1860–1977 (1989); and Russian Silver Coinage, 1796–1917 (1993).

Julian is also an accomplished researcher who has extensively studied the history of the United States Mint and its records. He has contributed various articles to The Numismatist detailing Mint expense reports from the 1800s, and has written extensively on the early Mint's practice of using dies long past their date. (For example, although there are 1823-dated large cents, only proofs were actually struck in that year; all circulation-strike 1823 cents were actually struck from prepared dies in 1824).

Awards and honors Julian has won several awards for his writing career, including the Burnett Anderson Memorial Award in 2002, and was elected to the American Numismatic Association Hall of Fame in 1998. He was named the ANA's Numismatist of the Year in 2012.

In 2025, Julian was awarded the ANA's Lifetime Achievement Award.