Friday, November 15, 2013

2014 Coin of the Year Award Winners

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.

2014 COTY

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.

Yves Klein
2012 Yves Klein 10 euro
Most Artistic coin: 2012 Yves Klein 10-euro Silver Coin
Mint: France’s Monnaie de Paris

Le-France
2012 Great French Ships:Le-France 10 euro
Best Silver Coin: 2012 10 Euro Silver Proof Great French Ships:Le-France coin
Mint: France’s Monnaie de Paris

$5 Crux
2012 Southern Cross $5 Crux
Best Crown (38 mm. or Dollar size): Australian 2012 $5 Crux Southern Sky coin
Mint: The Royal Australian Mint

farmer coin
2012 Year of the Farmer $1 Coin
Best Circulating Coin: Australia 2012 year of the farmer $1 circulation coin
Mint: The Royal Australian Mint

Socrates coin
2012 Socrates Coin
Most Historically Significant Coin: Greece 2012 Socrates Silver 10 Euro Coin
Mint: The Bank of Greece

olympic coin
2012 London Olympic Games Ten Pounds
Best Contemporary Event Coin: 2012 London Olympic Games Ten Pounds Silver coin
Mint: Royal Mint UK
glow in the dark
Glow in the Dark coin
Most Innovative Coin Award: Canada glow-in-the-dark Dino Skeleton nickel-plated steel 25-cent coin
Mint: Royal Canadian Mint

World Design
Helsinki world design capital coin
Best Bi-Metallic Coin: Helsinki-World Design Capital 50 Euro coin
Mint: Mint of Finland

Fauna in Art
Fauna in Art Middle Ages
Best Gold coin: Italy 20 euro Fauna in Art - Middle Ages gold coin
Mint: Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato – IPZS

Remembrance Day
Alderney Remembrance Day
Most Inspirational Coin: Alderney Remembrance Day 5 pound copper-nickel coin
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.