Category: Krause Coins
Finland Wins “Best Silver” COTY for 2015 Dated World Coins
Finland’s 10 euro (KM-226) marking the 70th anniversary of peace after World War II won “Best Silver” Krause Coin of the Year Award for coins dated 2015. Finland also took home an award for its 5 Euro Lapland reindeer coin (KM-224), which was named the “Best Bi-Metallic Coin.” The Mint of Finland was one of several […]
February 19, 2019
Japan Wins “Best Contemporary Event” for 2015 dated COTY
The Japan Mint won the “Best Contemporary Event” category for Krause’s Coin of the Year Award for coins dated 2015. The gold 10,000 yen, (Y.248), dated 2015, is the third in a series commemorating the Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction. The Great East Japan earthquake occurred on March 11, 2011. In addition to being the most powerful earthquake to hit […]
February 11, 2019
Italy 10 Euro Wins “Most Artistic” & COTY for Coins Dated 2015
Italy won in the “Most Artistic” category and Coin of the Year for coins dated 2015 with the 10 Euro, silver, 70 Years of Peace, KM387. The obverse and reverse of the coin was designed by Maria Grazia Colaneri. Ms. Colaneri received the distinction of being named the artist of the year by Krause Publications […]
February 5, 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
USA March of Dimes $1 Wins “Most Inspirational” 2015 Dated COTY
The U.S. Mint won the “Most Inspirational” coin category for 2015 dated coins in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for the USA March of Dimes $1 KM#604 silver dollar. The coin commemorated the 60th anniversary of the Salk polio vaccine. The reverse design is Don Everhart’s final coin design for the US Mint […]
December 31, 2018
USA Kisatchie Ntl. Forest Quarter Won “Best Circulating Coin” for 2015 Dated COTY
The United States Mint won “Best Circulating Coin” for its America the Beautiful Program quarter honoring Kisatchie National Forest. The USA Kitsache 25 cent KM#598 was the Mint’s second win in the 2017 Krause Coin of the Year Awards. In 2010, the United States Mint began issuing 56 quarter-dollar coins featuring designs depicting national parks […]
December 26, 2018
Canada’s “Mother Earth” Coin Named Most Inspirational 2016 dated COTY Category Winner
The Royal Canadian Mint won the Krause Coin of the Year Award’s Most Inspirational Coin category for coins dated 2016 with a $20 silver coin honoring Mother Earth. Designed by artist Alexandra Lefort, the coin features a 3D droplet with an inset full-color image of Earth, conveying the importance of water to all life on this planet. […]
December 3, 2018