Month: January 2019
Britain Wins “Best Crown” for 2015 dated COTY
Britain’s Winston Churchill 2015 Brilliant Uncirculated £5 (KM-1298) coin won “Best Crown” for coins dated that year in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards. The Royal Mint released the coin to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Churchill’s death. With the release of the 2015 coin, Churchill is the first statesman (non-monarch) to be featured […]
January 28, 2019
Austria Wins Best Gold Coin dated 2015
Austria’s 100 euro Capercaille (KM#3246) was named the Best Gold Coin in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2015. The stunning coin is part of the Austrian Mint’s Wildlife in our Sights series, which celebrates the diversity of Europe’s native wildlife as well as the sustainable management of their habitats. The […]
January 21, 2019
Cooks Islands Win Most Innovative 2015 COTY Category
The Cook Islands’ $2 Space–Time Continuum coin (KM#1693) was named the “Most Innovative” coin dated 2015 by the international panel of judges in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards. The revolutionary coin features a magnetic sphere at its center, which can be removed. The unique 35 mm x 35 mm square, 3D warped coin […]
January 14, 2019
Canada Wins Most Historically Significant 2015 dated Coin
Canada took home the honors for the most historically significant coin in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2015. The $20 silver Canada, In Flanders Field, KM#1860 coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of the poem “In Flanders Fields” by Lt. Col. John McCrae. McCrae wrote the iconic poem following the Second […]
January 7, 2019