Result for 2014 Coin of the Year Award (COTY) Category has been released by Krause Publications on 14th November 2013. The international panel of mint masters, artists and numismatists will start to vote which of the 10 coins will be named the Coin of the Year for 2014. Voting will ends on 8 December 2013.
All coins in the competition are dated 2012. Nominations can be made by anyone. A nominating committee met in the offices of World Coin News in Iola, Wis., on Oct. 4. The committee placed 99 coins on the first round COTY ballot. Voting took place by secret electronic ballot in ten categories by an international panel of judges from the 31st October to the 10th November.
2012 Yves Klein 10 euro |
Mint: France’s Monnaie de Paris
2012 Great French Ships:Le-France 10 euro |
Mint: France’s Monnaie de Paris
2012 Southern Cross $5 Crux |
Mint: The Royal Australian Mint
2012 Year of the Farmer $1 Coin |
Mint: The Royal Australian Mint
2012 Socrates Coin |
Mint: The Bank of Greece
2012 London Olympic Games Ten Pounds |
Mint: Royal Mint UK
Glow in the Dark coin |
Mint: Royal Canadian Mint
Helsinki world design capital coin |
Mint: Mint of Finland
Fauna in Art Middle Ages |
Mint: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato – IPZS
Alderney Remembrance Day |
Mint: Royal Mint UK
The COTY winner, as well as all winners in the 10 categories, will be recognized at a special awards ceremony held on the 8th February 2014, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany.