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Austria Takes 3 COTY Category Awards for 2020 Dated Coins
Provided by: U.S. Mint Austria was the big winner in the 2022 Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2020, winning three of ten categories. The U.S. Mint won the “Most Historically Significant” category with its Women’s Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Silver Dollar. One final Coin of the Year will be chosen from the category […]
January 10, 2022Great Britain Won Home Most Inspiration Coin Category at 2021 COTY Awards
exclusivecoins.blogspot.com The Royal Mint of Great Britain won the Most Inspirational Coin category at the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The winning coin, “Innovation in Science: Stephen Hawking,” is the first in a series celebrating innovators in science. The first coin in the series, dated 2019, honors renowned physicist Stephen Hawking. He is […]
September 10, 2021
Cook Islands Wins Most Innovative Coin at 2021 COTY Awards
Canadian Coin Review Cook Islands’ “Meteorites: Chicxulub Crater” coin was named the Most Innovative Coin at the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The coin, which pays homage to the famous Chicxulub crater, features a genuine meteorite insert. The Chicxulub crater is an impact crater located on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Its center is near […]
August 23, 2021
Paris Mint’s “Fall of Berlin Wall” Coin Named Most Artistic at 2021 COTY Awards
The Monnaie de Paris (Paris Mint) won the Most Artistic Coin category at the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards with its 10 EURO silver coin commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. The shaped coin, dated 2019, features an optical illusion. As the name suggests, the Fall of Berlin Wall coin celebrates the […]
August 9, 2021
Monnaie de Paris Tribute to Eiffel Tower Wins Best Crown Coin at 2021 COTY
Treasure of Paris, the Eiffel Towner The Monnaie de Paris won the Best Crown Coin in the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards with its Paris’ Treasures, City of Lights: Eiffel Tower coin. The award-winning coin, which is part of the “Tresors de Paris” series, commemorates the 130th Anniversary of the Eiffel Tower. The […]
August 2, 2021
Germany’s Berlin Wall Coin Wins Best Circulating Coin at 2021 COTY
The German Mint’s 30th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall took home the best Circulating Coin Award at the 2021 Coin of the Year Awards. The coin, dated 2019, commemorates the opening of the Berlin Wall, which took place on November 9, 1989. As described by the German Mint, the fall of the […]
July 26, 2021
China’s Art of Chinese Calligraphy Wins Best Gold Coin in 2021 COTY Awards
China won the Best Gold Coin Category in the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The category honors coins manufactured from gold, platinum, palladium or another exotic precious metal, which have all-around artistic appeal, both from aesthetic and a commercial standpoint. The 2021 COTY winning coin honors the art of Chinese calligraphy, the stylized […]
July 20, 2021
Austria Wins Most Historically Significant Coin Category for 2021 COTY Awards
The Austrian Mint’s 100 Euro, “Magic of Gold: The Gold of Mesopotamia,” was named the “Most Historically Significant Coin” at the 2021 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The category recognizes coins commemorating events, institutions or individuals deemed highly significant in terms of the historical heritage of a people, a country or mankind. The subject […]
July 14, 2021
US Mint’s Apollo 11 Coin Earns Top Honors at 2021 COTY Awards
The U.S. Mint’s Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Five Ounce Silver Coin was named Coin of the Year at the 2020 Krause Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The coin also won the Best Silver Coin and Best Contemporary Event Coin categories. The COTY Awards program, which is conducted annually by World Coin News, recognizes outstanding […]
July 7, 2021
Austria’s Named Best Gold Coin at 2020 COTY Awards
The Austrian Mint won the “Best Gold Coin” category at 2020 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards for its 50 Euro honoring Alfred Adler. The winning coin, dated 2018, is part of a three-coin series that celebrates the pioneering schools of psychotherapy. The other coins in the Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy series honor Sigmund Freud and Viktor […]
April 20, 2020