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The E-Sylum: Volume 19, Number 52, December 25, 2016, Article 24

2015 COIN OF THE YEAR CATEGORY WINNERS

Category winners of the 2015 Coin of the Year (COTY) competition have been announced. The Coin of the Year will be selected from these ten finalists. Here's an excerpt from an article by Dave Harper in World Coin News. -Editor

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 single category.

The COTY Awards are sponsored by World Coin News, the World Money Fair and the Journal of East Asian Numismatics.

All coins in the contest are dated 2015.

Finland_KM224_5Euro_27.25mm_BiMetallic

Finland had the Best Bi-Metallic Coin, a 5-euro piece depicting Lapland reindeer (KM-224).

Finland_KM226_10Euro_33mm_Silver

It also won in the Best Silver Coin category with a 10 euro marking the 70th anniversary of peace after World War II (KM-226).

UnitedStates_KM598_25Cents_24.26_mm_Circulating

The United States claimed the Best Circulating Coin title with an America the Beautiful quarter honoring the Kisatchie National Forest (KM-598).

CookIslands_KM1693_2Dollar_35mm_Innovative

The Cook Islands had the Most Innovative Coin, a silver $2 that represents the Space-Time Continuum – Black Hole Shaped Coin with Magnetic Sphere (KM-1693).

See the full article online for a complete list of the category winners. Congratulations to the artists and teams behind these designs. -Editor

To read the complete article, see:
Coin of the Year’s 10 winners (www.numismaticnews.net/article/coin-years-10-winners)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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