The United States Baseball Hall of Fame cupped clad half dollar has been named Coin of the Year by an international panel of judges in a vote that concluded Dec. 6.
An award trophy will be presented Feb. 6, 2016 at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany, by representatives of World Coin News, sponsor of the award.
Trophies will also be presented to the winners of the ten category awards chosen by a previous round of voting by the judges. All pieces considered were dated 2014, or the year's equivalent in other calendars.
The United States hit a home run with its Baseball Hall of Fame commemorative coin program, earning two awards for two of the three coins in it.
The Coin of the Year Baseball cupped clad half dollar won the Most Innovative Coin award. The coin, KM# 576, is the product of intensive engineering research by the United States Mint to develop the first cupped clad coin.
On top for the Best Gold Coin category was the Baseball gold $5 coin, KM# 578.
Coin of the Year is an annual award first given in 1984. It is awarded to spur advances in numismatic artistry, technology and mass appeal among collectors in a hollow key.
