Category: Krause Coins
Lithuania Wins “Most Innovative” at 2020 COTY Awards for Four-Coin Set
Lithuania won the “Most Innovative” category at the 2020 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The award-winning coin is actually a four-coin set commemorating the 100th Anniversary of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence. The set, dated 2018, includes one gold and three silver coins, which are dedicated to signatories, diplomacy, the legal system, armed forces, and […]
April 1, 2020
Latvia Honey Coin Wins Coin of the Year at 2020 COTY Awards
Latvia’s Honey Coin was named Coin of the Year at the 2020 Krause Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The awards ceremony was held on February 1, 2020, in conjunction with the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. “The impact of bees on both our ecologies and economies is fast being recognized as mammoth, so […]
March 17, 2020
Austria Takes Home “Best Circulating Coin” for 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Austrian Republic
The Mint of Austria won the “best circulating coin” category at the 2020 COTY Awards for its 2 Euro commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Austrian Republic. The bi-metallic coin, dated 2018, celebrates the Austrian Republic centenary, which took place during waning days of the First World War. The coin marks both […]
March 9, 2020
Austrian Mint’s Anthropocene Silver-Niobium 25 Euro Named Best Bi-Metallic
The Austrian Mint won the “Best Bi-Metallic Coin” category in the 2020 Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). Anthropocene, the 2018 edition of the mint’s popular Silver Niobium coins, artistically depicts the large footprint that humans have on left on our planet. As described by the Austrian Mint: The footprint of humanity on the Earth […]
March 2, 2020
Australia Win “Best Crown Coin” for Curved Earth Silver Coin
Royal Australian Mint’s $5 Earth & Beyond – Curved Earth coin took home the “Best Crown Coin” at the 2020 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The spectacular coin, dated 2018, features a full-color convex surface, which was a first for the Australian Mint. The Curved Earth coin is the first in the Australian Mint’s “Earth […]
February 24, 2020
Lithuania Rasos Svente 5 Euro Wins “Best Silver Coin”
The Lithuanian Mint’s Rasos Svente 5 Euro was voted the “Best Silver Coin” at the 2020 Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The award-winning colored coin, dated 2018, commemorates Joninės (or Rasos), a midsummer celebration that is held in Lithuania on the night of June 23rd every year. The Joninės (Rasos) coin is the second from the […]
February 11, 2020
Italy Wins Best Contemporary Event Coin at 2020 COTY Awards
Italy’s 70th Anniversary of the Italian Constitution 5 Euro won the “Best Contemporary Event Coin” category at 2020 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The coin, dated 2019, includes a female representation of Italia, wearing a cloak featuring the colors of the country’s flag. The Best Contemporary Event Coin honors historically important events in the past […]
February 3, 2020
France Great War–Jubilation 10 Euro Named Most Historically Significant COTY dated 2018
A French coin commemorating the end of World War I is in the running for the 2020 Coin of the Year award. The Monnaie De Paris’ 2018 FR France Silver €10 Great War Colorized (Peoples’ Jubilation) won the COTY’s Most Historically Significant category. The category is devoted to coins commemorating events, institutions or individuals deemed […]
January 28, 2020
Three Countries Take Most COTY Category winners for Coins Dated 2018
Three countries took home more than one Krause Coin of the Year Category Award for coins dated 2018. Austria was the big winner with three coins, Lithuania and Australia won with two coins each. For the first time in the history of the award, half of the category winners were colorized. Austria won the “Best […]
January 23, 2020
Mauritania Wins ‘Best Circulating’ COTY dated 2017
Mauritania’s tri-metallic 20 Ouguiya coin (KM-15) was named the “Best Circulating Coin” at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The coin, dated 2017, gave Mauritania’s its first COTY award to date. Struck by the Monnaie de Paris (French Mint), the standard circulation coin is part of a series issued by the […]
August 26, 2019