Cameroon’s Sumerian Civilization coin took home top honors in the Most Historically Significant Coin Category of the Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards for 2023-dated coins. The two ounce silver coin is the first in the “Seven Groundbreaking Ancient Civilizations” series. Art Mint designed the
The Canadian Ghost Ship coin requires a black light to fully appreciate its stunning and unique design. It is not surprising that it won the Coin Of The Year’s (COTY) “Most Innovative Coin” category for 2022-dated coins. The design of the Canadian Ghost Ship coin
Ukraine won the Best Contemporary Coin category in the Coin of the Year (COTY) contest for 2021 dated coins. The winning 10 Hryvnia coin commemorates the 25th Anniversary of the Ukrainian Constitution. The coin is part of a series celebrating the Rebirth of Ukrainian Statehood.
The Austrian Mint took home top honors in the Most Innovative Coin Category in the Coin of the Year Awards (COTY) for coins dated 2021. It unique s-shaped 20 Euro Milky Way coin is the first in the Austrian Mint’s The Uncharted Universe series. As
Tokelau won its first Coin of the Year (COTY) Award for its 2021-dated Next Evolution Robots coin, which was named the Most Inspirational. The winning coin was designed by Artisan Coin Productions and issued by Tokelau. The legal-tender coins have a denomination of 20 New
The Austrian Mint’s 25 Euro, “Smart Mobility” niobium center coin won the Best Bi-Metal Coin in the Coin of the Year Awards (COTY) for coins dated 2021. The winning coin is part of the Mint’s famed Silver Niobium series, which features a two-tone niobium core
The Royal Canadian Mint took home top honors in the “Best Circulation Coin” Category for the Coin of the Year Awards (COTY) for coins dated 2021. The winning coin celebrates the Bluenose centennial and is the first time Canada has added color to its 10-cent circulation
The U.S. Mint’s 100 Dollar gold American Liberty coin was named Best Gold Coin in Krause Publication’s Coin of the Year (COTY) competition for coins dated 2021. The coin won handily, with a 36 percent margin over its closest competitor. The highly detailed gold coin
China’s Auspicious Culture – Swans 20 Yuan won the Best Silver coin category in the Coin of the Year (COTY) contest for coins dated 2021. While the unique and stunning coin was a deserving winner, China only narrowly beat out the competition, with voting the
Ukraine took home top honors as the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dated 2021. It wasn’t even close. The winning coin, which commemorates the 30th anniversary of the adoption of the Act of Declaring Ukraine’s Independence, garnered 30 percent of the total votes
Latvia won the “Most Inspirational Coin” category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. Its “Personal Freedom” coin, dated 2020, was created by artist Beate Šņuka. Described as a young and promising designer, this is her debut coin. The coin, which was struck
Barbados won the “Most Innovative Coin” category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. Its Blue Marble coin, which was minted by Shanghai Jin Jia Medals Ltd., is a spherical coin in the shape of earth. The reverse of the .999 fine silver
The Austrian Mint’s “Centenary of the Salzburg Festival” coin won the Most Artistic Coin category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) awards. The coin, dated 2020, commemorates the long-running opera, theatre, and classical music festival. The innovative coin, which has the appearance of
The Austrian Mint won the Best Bi-Metallic category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. It Big Data coin, dated 2020, is part of the mint’s Silver Niobium series. The coin’s design symbolizes man under permanent surveillance. As described by the Austrian Mint:
The South Africa Mint won the best Circulating Coin category at the 2022 Coin of the Year Awards. The winning coin, dated 2020, commemorates 25 years of constitutional democracy in South Africa. The 2 Rand circulating coin is the last in a collection marking the
Latvia’s unique Linden Leaf coin earned the top spot in the Best Silver Coin category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) awards. The leaf-shaped coin, dated 2020, is dedicated to urban ecology. As described by Latvijas Banka: With greater numbers of people moving
Provided by: Collector Coins The Austrian Mint’s Gold of the Pharaohs coin earned top billing in the Best Gold Coin category at the 2022 Coin of the Year awards. The coin, dated 2020, is the second coin in The Magic of Gold series. As described
France’s Monnaie de Paris won the Best Crown Coin category at the 2022 Coin of the Year (COTY) awards. The winning coin, dated 2020, depicts and is named after the famed Champs-Elysées. Champs-Elysées Avenue, which links the Concorde Place to the Arc of Triumph, stretches
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
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
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
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
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”
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.
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
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
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,
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
Australia’s Perth Mint won the “Most Inspirational” coin category at the 2020 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards. The award-winning coin, dated 2018, commemorates the end of World War I. World War I caused widespread devastation across Europe, killing millions of civilians. The four-year conflict
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Republic of Palau’s Great Micromosaic Passion – Birth of Venus coin was named the “Most Innovative” at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY) in Berlin. The coin, dated 2017, is the first in the groundbreaking “Great Micromosaic Passion” series. The $20
The Cook Islands won the “Best Crown Coin” Category at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY) ceremony in Berlin. The silver 5 Dollar Red Dawn coin, dated 2017, is part of the Scarab Collection, which celebrates the scarab of ancient Egypt. Millions of
The South African Mint won the “Best Contemporary Event Coin” category for the 2017 Heart Transplant (KM-619) 2 Rand coin. The coin marks the 50th anniversary of the first successful human-to-human heart transplant. It was performed on December 3, 1967, by a team of approximately
The Austrian Mint took home the honors for the Most Historically Significant Coinat the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The award-winning 20 Euro coin (KM-3269), dated 2017, marks the 175th anniversary of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Minted as a commemorative in proof
The Monnaie de Paris won the Best Bi-Metallic Coin at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The award-winning two Euro coin, dated 2017, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the pink ribbon, which is the global symbol of the Fight against Breast Cancer.
The Austrian Mint won the Most Artistic Coin Category at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The winning 50 Euro honoring Sigmund Freud, dated 2017, is part of a three-coin series celebrating the pioneering schools of psychotherapy. The other coins in the
The U.S. Mint took home “Best Gold Coin” honors at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The winning American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin, dated 2017, features a modern interpretation of Lady Liberty. It commemorates the founding of the United States Mint
The U.S. Mint’s Boy’s Town Centennial silver dollar won “Most Inspirational Coin” for coins dated 2017 in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). The winning commemorative silver dollar coin commemorates the 100th anniversary of Boys Town, an organization dedicated to helping children. A century
The Monnaie de Paris took home the top prize at the 2019 Krause Coin of the Year Awards (COTY). Its French Excellence Guy Savoy coin won “Best Silver Coin” and “Coin of the Year” for coins dated 2017. The coin is part of the French Excellence
The 2016 was the first time the United States won the Krause Coin of the Year award in twelve years. The United States Baseball Hall of Fame cupped clad half dollar, KM#576, won “most innovative” and was selected by the judges as the Coin of
Poland’s 10 zlotych silver coin (Y.902) was named the “Most Inspirational Coin” in the 2016 Krause Coin of the Year Awards. The award-winning silver coin, dated 2014, honors the birth of Jan Karski, who smuggled Holocaust evidence to the Allies in a hollow key. The
Latvia’s Baltic Way five-Euro coin (KM161) was named the “Best Contemporary” coin in Krause’s Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2014. The coin commemorates the 25th anniversary of the Baltic Way demonstration that brought together citizens of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia. As described
The Austrian Mint’s Judith II 50 Euro gold coin was named the “Most Artistic Coin” dated 2014 in Krause’s Coin of the Year Awards. The award-winning gold coin is the third in the Mint’s Klimt and his Women series, which honors the work of Gustav
Canada’s 20-dollar “Maple Canopy—Autumn Allure”(KM#1759) silver coin won the “Best Crown” category for coins dated 2014 in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards presented at the World Money Show in Berlin in 2016. The award-winning coin was the fourth and final issue from the
Great Britain won “Best Circulating” Coin dated 2014 in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for its bimetallic 2-pound featuring the iconic depiction of Lord Kitchener on a World War I recruiting poster (KM# 1279). This was the first coin in a five-year series marking the outbreak of
Germany’s 10-euro silver coin commemorating the 300th anniversary of Daniel Fahrenheit’s invention of the mercury thermometer (KM#332 & #332a) was named the “Most Historically Significant Coin” in the Krause Coin of the Year Award for coins dated 2014. The award honors coins commemorating historic events that
Austria’s 25-euro silver and niobium coin (KM#3227), which highlights the science of evolution, won best “Bi-Metallic Coin” for coins dated 2014 in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards. Part of the Austrian Mint’s Silver Niobium series, the stunning coin, which is dated 2014, is
Austria’s 20 Euro commemorating the fall of the Iron Curtain won the Krause Coin of the Year Award in the “Best Silver” category for coins dated 2014. The coin marks the 25th anniversary of the creation of a free, peaceful and united Europe. As described
Finland was a big winner for Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2015. It took home two honors, one of which was “Best Bi-Metallic Coin.” The 5-euro coin, KM-225, depicts a Lapland reindeer and features a bi-metallic copper-nickel center with an aluminum-bronze ring.
In addition to taking home top honors for its Baseball cupped clad half dollar, the U.S. Mint’s Baseball gold $5 coin (KM# 578) was named “Best Gold Coin” in the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dated 2014. Both coins are part of the 2014
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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 Republic of Latvia’s 5 Euro silver “National Entrepreneur” was named the most artistic coin in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for coins dated 2016. The multi-faceted coin features a QR code, highlighting that it is possible to combine the art of the
China’s bi-metallic “Year of the monkey” 10 Yuan coin won the Best Circulating category in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for 2016 dated coins. In addition to the stunning design, the coin features new security features. The commemorative circulating 10-yuan coins are legal tender of
Australia won the Best Silver Coin in the Krause Coin of the Year Awards for its 2016 $5 silver “Northern Sky Cassiopeia” dome-shaped coin. It is the first of a three-coin series featuring the Northern Sky constellations. It was designed by B. King. The Australia Mint’s previously
In a somewhat surprising selection, the Krause Coin of the Year judges selected France’s Joan of Arc coin as the “Most Historically Significant Coin.” The 200 Euro gold coin is the third issue in the multi-year Women of France series, which pays tribute to three
At the Krause Coin of the Year Awards, Austria won in the Best Bi-Metallic Coin category for coins dated 2016 with its 25 Euro niobium silver depiction of “Time.” The latest addition to the Austria Mint’s award-winning series uses its two-tone niobium core and outer silver
As the world awaits the judging for the 2017 dated coins, we continue our review of the 2016 dated coins that won each category of the Krause Coin of the Year Awards. The awards for these coins were presented at the World Money Show in
It was no surprise that Germany’s 5 Euro “Planet Earth” would win the Most Innovative category and go on to win the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dated 2016. The polymer ring is a revolutionary product that not only serves as an anti-counterfeiting
2016 and 2017 were years of seemingly endless controversy, but the international panel of Krause Coin of the Year judges preferred non-controversial commemorative topics to win the best contemporary event and most historical categories for coins dated 2016. Switzerland’s 20 Euro commemorative for the Gottardo
Collectors love a good mistake. The Krause nominators made a whopper of a mistake and no one in the broader panel of judges caught it. In fact, the coin received the plurality of votes to win the category of best crown. The winner of the
Germany won the 2018 Krause Coin of the Year Award for coins dated 2016. The winner is the 5 Euro silver “Planet Earth” coin with the new polymer ring technology. The coin was designed by Stefan Klein. An easy win in the Most Innovative category,
Finland and the United States were the top winners in the first round of judging in the Coin of the Year competition. Each nation won two of the 10 categories, while Italy, Japan, Canada, Great Britain, Austria, and the Cook Islands each won in a
For the first time in ten years the United States won top honors with the Baseball Hall of Fame clad half dollar coin as the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dated 2014. The United States won two awards at the first round of
Austria took top honors winning the Krause Coin of the Year for coins dates 2013 with its 50 euro gold coin, KM-3218, depicting Gustav Klimt’s, “The Expectation.” It is the second coin in Austria’s five year series celebrating the painter’s work. [easingslider id=”4591″] It was
Krause Publications has announced the winners in each of ten categories for coins dated 2012. These ten coins will compete for the coveted Krause Coin of the Year designation which will be awarded at the World Mint Director’s conference in February. France and Australia accounted
By Donald Scarinci Israel won the coin of the Year for its 2010 Jonah in the Whale 2 Sheqalim coin. The coin had been selected as the “most artistic” category winner. Judges for Krause Publications nominated 95 coins issued in 2010 from around the world