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Austria’s Neutron Star Named “Best Silver” Coin dated 2023
Austria’s “The Neutron Star” coin won the Best Silver Coin for the Coin of the Year (COTY) awards for 2023-dated coins. The 20 Euro coin is last of the Austrian Mint’s Uncharted Universe series, which is dedicated to physical-astronomical phenomena shaped in a unique and extraordinary form. The Neutron Star coin features a semi-sphere in its […]
September 16, 2024
Ukraine’s “In Unity, Strength” Named Most Inspirational Coin
The National Bank of Ukraine took home top honors in the Most Inspirational Coin Category for the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards recognizing 2022-dated coins. The winning coin, “In Unity, Strength,” celebrates the national unity of Ukrainians in their fight against Russian aggression. The “In Unity, Strength” coins are the first in a new […]
August 15, 2024
Royal Australian Mint “Great Barrier Reef” Wins Most Artistic Coin Category
The Royal Australian Mint $5 Great Barrier Reef coin won the Most Artistic Coin category in the Coin of the Year Awards for 2022-dated coins. The winning dome shaped coin features the Great Barrier Reef and is the first in the Mint’s Beauty, Rich and Rare series. As described by the Royal Australian Mint, the […]
August 5, 2024
Austrian Mint’s “Extraterrestrial Life” Named 2022-dated Best Bimetallic Coin
The Austrian Mint took home top honors in the Best Bimetallic Coin category in the Coin of the Year Awards for 2022-dated coins. The silver-niobium 25 euro, entitled“Extraterrestrial Life,” explores the question: Is there anybody out there or is all life in the universe limited to our tiny “third rock from the sun?” The existence […]
July 30, 2024
Australia’s Honeybee Coin Named 2022-dated “Best Circulating Coin“
The Royal Australian Mint won the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards’ “Best Circulating Coin” category for 2022-dated coins. The winning $2 Honeybee coin marks the bicentenary of Australia’s honeybee industry. Honeybees were introduced to Australia by early European settlers, and the country is now home to 530,000 managed honeybee colonies. According to the Royal Australian Mint, the […]
July 22, 2024
Greece’s The Antikythera Mechanism 2022 10 Euro Wins “Best Crown”
The National Mint of Greece won the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards’ “Best Crown Coin” category for 2022-dated coins. The 10 Euro winning coin honors the Antikythera Mechanism, a piece of ancient Greek technology that has been described as the world’s oldest analogue computer. The Antikythera mechanism was recovered from a shipwreck found in […]
July 18, 2024
South Africa’s The Lion Named Best Gold Coin for 2022-Dated Coin
The South African Mint captured the “Best Gold Coin” category in the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards for coins dated 2022. The 50 Rand, 1 ounce gold coin features a striking image of a lion and is the second animal theme to be released in the second series of the South African Mint’s “Big […]
July 7, 2024
2022-dated UK 50 Years of Pride Wins Best Contemporary Event
The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint won the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards’ “Best Contemporary Event Coin” category for 2022-dated coins. The award-winning coin, which celebrates the 50th Anniversary of Pride, is the Royal Mint’s first ever coin celebrating Britain’s LGBTQ+ community. The 50 pence coin was developed in collaboration with Pride in London. It was […]
July 1, 2024
France’s Pasteur Coin Named “Most Historically Significant” Coin for 2022-dated Coins
France’s 10 EURO honoring Louis Pasteur was named the Most Historically Significant for the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards for 2022-dated coins. The winning silver coin commemorates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Pasteur, a renowned scientist most remembered for discovering the first vaccine and the pasteurization process that now bears his name. […]
June 19, 2024
Austrian Mint’s Black Hole Coin Wins COTY for 2022-dated Coins
The Austrian Mint took home the Coin of the Year Award (COTY) for 2022-dated coins with its innovative Black Hole coin. The coin was honored at the 40th COTY awards ceremony, which was the first held after a three-year break due to the COVID pandemic. The “Black Hole” coin is the second coin in the […]
June 11, 2024