Coin of the Year Award
The Coin of the Year Award (COTY) is an awards program founded and annually conducted by the American publisher Krause Publications of Iola, Wisconsin, and directed at the coin producing industry.[1][2] Awards are given for numismatic design, artistic vision and craftsmanship. A panel of international judges chooses the coins from those issued two years prior to the year of the award. [3]
History
The COTY was awarded for the first time in 1984, when coins issued in 1982 were assessed.[4][5]
Categories
Awards are given in ten categories, and three coins are selected in each category:
- Most Historically Significant: Coins which commemorate events, institutions, physical entities, or individual which are deemed to be most important in terms of the historical heritage of a people or mankind.
- Best Contemporary Event: Coins which commemorate events, institutions physical entities, or individuals which are deemed to be most important in terms of current or recent events influencing a people or mankind.
- Best Gold: Coins fabricated of GOLD, Platinum, Palladium, or another exotic precious metal which have all-around aesthetic and commercial appeal.
- Best Silver: Coins fabricated of silver which have all-around aesthetic and commercial appeal.
- Best Crown: Coins which have all-around aesthetic and commercial appeal, and have a minimum diameter of 33mm..
- Best Trade Circulating monetary unit coins which are made of non-precious metals, possess all-around aesthetic and commercial appeal.
- Most Popular: Coins with commercial sales and artistic caliber which appeals to the international general public.
- Most Artistic: Coins selected solely on the value of their artistic merit.
- Most Innovative Coinage Concept: Coins which contain pioneering metallic alloys, non-typical coinage materials, planchet shapes, thickness, sizes, themes, distribution methods or other innovations. [3]
- Most Inspirational Coin: Coins featuring themes, events, institutions, physical entities, or individuals that represent peace, freedom, and human rights.
List of award winners
2014 (coins minted in 2012)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 10 Pound Sterling, Silver | Royal Mint, Great Britain | Olympic Games London 2012 | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 5 Dollars, Silver | Royal Australian Mint, Australia | Southern Cross in Night Sky | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 20 Euro, Gold | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Italy | Flora in the Art: Middle Ages | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | Ocean Liner | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | Yves Klein | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Greek Mint, Greece | Greek Culture: Socrates | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 25 Cent, Nickel-Plated Steel | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Glow-In-The-Dark Dinosaur skeleton[6] | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 5 Pound Sterling, Copper-Nickel | Royal Mint,[7] Alderney | Remembrance Day | | |
| Coin of the Year | 10 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | Yves Klein | | |
2013 (coins minted in 2011)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 25 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | Robotics | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | From Clovis to Republic – 1500 Years of French History | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 50 Rand, Gold | South African Mint, South Africa | Nature’s Families: The Meerkat | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 20 Dollar, Silver | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Canoe | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 1 Litas, Copper-Nickel | Lithuanian Mint, Lithuania | Basketball | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 1 Lats, Silver | Suomen Rahapaja,[8] Latvia | Alexandrs Caks, Fog mists the pane | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 10 Som, Silver | Kyrgyz Republic | The Silk Road | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 5 Euro, Silver | Royal Dutch Mint, The Netherlands | 100th Anniversary of the Dutch Mint Featuring QR Code | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 10 Zlotych, Silver | Mennica Polska, Mint of Poland | 100th Anniversary of the Society for the Protection of the Blind | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 500 Togrog, Silver | Coin Invest Trust,[9] Mongolia | Ural Owl | | |
| Coin of the Year | 5 Euro, Silver | Royal Dutch Mint, The Netherlands | 100th Anniversary of the Dutch Mint Featuring QR Code | | |
2012 (coins minted in 2010)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Staatliche Münze Berlin,[10] Germany | Unity | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 5 Diner, Silver | Andorra | Brown Bear | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 100 Pound Sterling, Gold | Royal Mint, United Kingdom | Olympic Games Faster Series: Neptune | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint | Erzberg in Styria | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato,[11] San Marino | 500th Anniversary of the Birth of Sandro Botticelli | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 2 New Sheqalim, Silver | Israel Coins and Medals Corp., Israel | Jonah in the Whale | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 100 Dollars, Gold | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | 400th Anniversary of the Hudson's Bay Company | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 1,500 Francs CFA, Silver | Coin Invest Trust,[9] Ivory Coast | Mecca Qibla Compass | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 20 Euro, Silver | Suomen Rahapaja, Mint of Finland | Children and Creativity | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 1.5 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | Vienna Philharmonic | | |
| People’s Choice | 5,000 Forint, Silver | Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., Hungary | Orseg National Park, World Heritage Sites in Hungary | | |
| Coin of the Year | 2 New Sheqalim, Silver | Israel Coins and Medals Corp., Israel | Jonah in the Whale | | |
2011 (coins minted in 2009)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | Fall of the Berlin Wall | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 20 Euro, Silver | Suomen Rahapaja, Finland | Peace and Security | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 100 Rand, Gold | South African Mint, South Africa | White Rhino | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 20 Dollars, Silver | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Crystal Snowflake | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic | Mincovna Kremnica, Slovakia | First Year of Euro Issuance | | |
| Coin of the Year | 100 Rand, Gold | South African Mint, South Africa | White Rhino | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 300 Dollars, Gold | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Native American Summer Moon Mask | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 100 Tenge, Silver | Kazakhstan | Attila the Hun | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 2 Pound Sterling, Silver–Crystal | Pobjoy Mint,[12] British Indian Ocean Territory | Life of the Sea Turtle | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 10 Zlotych, Silver | Mennica Polska, Poland | World War II Polish Underground | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | Basilisk of Vienna | | |
| People’s Choice | 5,000 Forint, Silver | Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., Hungary | World Heritage Sites in Hungary, Budapest | | |
2010 (coins minted in 2008)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 10 New Sheqalim, Silver | Israel Coins and Medals Corp., Israel | 60th Anniversary of Israel | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | Klosterneuburg Monastery | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 20 Lats, Gold | Austrian Mint,[13] Latvia | Coins of Latvia | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Staatliche Münzen Baden-Württemberg (Karlsruhe),[14] Germany | Franz Kafka | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic | Suomen Rahapaja,[15] Cyprus | Ancient Statue Cross | | |
| Coin of the Year | 20 Lats, Gold | Austrian Mint, Latvia | Coins of Latvia | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 200 Zlotych, Gold | Mennica Polska, Poland | Warsaw Ghetto Uprising | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 100 Tenge, Silver | Kazakhstan | Genghis Khan | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 25 Euro, Silver–Niobium | Austrian Mint, Austria | Fascination Light | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 2,500 Dollars, Gold | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Towards Confederation | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | American Eagle | | |
| People’s Choice | 5,000 Forint, Silver | Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., Hungary | Tokaj Wine Region | | |
2009 (coins minted in 2007)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | The Desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 20 Rouble, Silver | Latvian Mint,[16] Belarus | Pancake Week | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 1,000 Crowns, Gold | Denmark | Polar Bear | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 500 Togrog, Silver | Coin Invest Trust,[9] Mongolia | Wildlife Protection: Gulo Gulo | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Italy | Raphael’s Dante Alighieri | | |
| Coin of the Year | 500 Togrog, Silver | Coin Invest Trust, Mongolia | Wildlife Protection: Gulo Gulo | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | Melk Abbey | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | The Founding of Jamestown in 1607 | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 50 Dollars, Silver | Pobjoy Mint,[12] British Virgin Islands | Centenary of the First Colour Photograph | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 1,000 Rouble, Silver | Moscow Mint,[17] Belarus | St Euphrosyne of Polotsk | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 1 Dollar, Copper, Zink, Manganese, Nickel | US Mint, United States of America | George Washington | | |
| People’s Choice | 5,000 Forint, Silver | Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., Hungary | Castle of Gyula | | |
2008 (coins minted in 2006)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 1 Lats, Silver | Latvia | Latvian Independence, 1918 | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 10 Euro, Gold | Monnaie de Paris, France | Jules Verne, Five Weeks in a Balloon | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 100 Euro, Gold | Austrian Mint, Austria | The Rivergate of Vienna | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 1,000 Yen, Silver | Japan Mint, Japan | 50th Anniversary of Japanese Entry into the United Nations | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 50 Cent, clad | US Mint, United States of America | Nevada, the Silver State | | |
| Coin of the Year | 50 Dollars, Palladium (Four Coin Set) | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Ursa Major and Ursa Minor Through the Seasons | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 10 Crowns, Silver | Denmark | Hans Christian Andersen’s Snow Queen | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | Benjamin Franklin, Elder Statesman | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 50 Dollars, Palladium (Four Coin Set) | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Ursa Major and Ursa Minor Through the Seasons | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin[18] | 5 Dollars, Silver | Royal Canadian Mint, Canada | Imagine a World Without Breast Cancer | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin[18] | 5 Euro, Gold | Suomen Rahapaja, Finland | 150th Anniversary of the Demilitarization of the Aland Islands | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 25 Cent, clad | US Mint, United States of America | Nevada, the Silver State | | |
| People’s Choice | 50 Forint, Copper–Nickel | Magyar Pénzverő Zrt., Hungary | 50th Anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution Against Soviet Occupation | | |
2007 (coins minted in 2005)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | Royal Australian Mint, Australia | End of World War II “Dancing Men” | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | U.S. Marine Corps | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 100 Euro, Gold | Minted by all German mints,[19] Germany | 2006 FIFA World Cup | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 20 Euro, Silver | Austrian Mint, Austria | SMS Sankt Georg | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 25 Cent, clad | US Mint, United States of America | Oregon, Crater Lake | | |
| Coin of the Year | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | U.S. Marine Corps | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 20 Rouble, Silver | Latvian Mint,[20] Belarus | Easter Egg | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 10 Euro, Silver | Landesbetrieb Hamburgische Münze,[21] Germany | Albert Einstein, 100 Years Special Relativity | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | Royal Australian Mint, Australia | End of World War II “Dancing Men” | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 2 New Sheqalim, Silver | Israel Coins and Medals Corp., Israel | Moses and the 10 Commandments | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 5 Cent, Copper-Nickel | US Mint, United States of America | Bison | | |
2006 (coins minted in 2004)
| Category | Face value and metal | Executing company, issuing country | Topic | Obverse | Reverse |
| Best Contemporary Event Coin | 50 Pound Sterling, Silver | Royal Mint,[7] Alderney | 50th Anniversary of D-Day Invasion of Normandy | | |
| Best Crown Coin | 1 Pound, Copper–Nickel | Cyprus | Triton Sounding a Conch | | |
| Best Gold Coin | 2,000 Yuan, Gold | China | Maijishan Grottoes | | |
| Best Silver Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | Royal Australian Mint, Australia | Kangaroo | | |
| Best Trade Coin | 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic | Greece | Olympic Discus Thrower | | |
| Coin of the Year | 5 Euro, Silver | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Italy | Madama Butterfly | | |
| Most Artistic Coin | 5 Euro, Silver | Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato, Italy | Madama Butterfly | | |
| Most Historically Significant Coin | 1 Dollar, Silver | US Mint, United States of America | 125th Anniversary of Edison’s Electric Light | | |
| Most Innovative Coin | 10 Dollars, Silver | Coin Invest Trust,[9] Liberia | Window with Tiffany Glass Inlay | | |
| Most Inspirational Coin | 20 Zlotych, Silver | Mennica Polska, Poland | Victims of the Lodz Ghetto | | |
| Most Popular Coin | 1.5 Euro, Silver | Monnaie de Paris, France | 100 Years FIFA | | |
References
- ↑ The American Legion. American Legion. 1986. p. 13.
- ↑ The Numismatist, Volume 113 American Numismatic Association, 2000
- 1 2 "Glow-in-the dark quarter is coin of the year". Bayview News, November 20, 2013
- ↑ . List of the COTY Awards since 1984. In 2015 this list was also published as a paper-printed book: Donald Scarinci: Coin of the Year. Celebrating Three Decades of the Best in Coin Design and Craftsmanship, Krause Publications, Iola (WI) 2015.
- ↑ Watercraft on World Coins: America and Asia, 1800-2008 By Yossi Dotan
- ↑ "Mint's glow-in-the-dark coin wins innovation award". Intelligencer.November 19, 2013
- 1 2 Webpage of the State of Alderney with remarks on the executing mint.
- ↑ Technical details of Fog mists the pane.
- 1 2 3 4 Webpage of Coin Invest Trust with all award-winning coins.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 139.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 623.
- 1 2 List of award-winning coins minted by Pobjoy Mint.
- ↑ Technical details of the coin series Coins of Latvia.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 132.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 803.
- ↑ Technical details of Maslenitsa.
- ↑ Technical details of St Euphrosyne of Polatsk.
- 1 2 Was awarded twice in this year.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 124.
- ↑ Technical details of Velikdzen.
- ↑ Gerhard Schön: Euro-Münzkatalog. Die Münzen der europäischen Währungsunion 1999–2011, 10th edition, Battenberg Verlag, Regenstauf 2011, p. 123.
