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The E-Sylum: Volume 22, Number 7, February 17, 2019, Article 21

THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COIN OF THE YEAR AWARDS

Tom Michael of Numismatic News published a February 15, 2019 article about the recent Coin of the Year (COTY) awards. -Editor

COTY logo Our Thirty-Sixth Annual Coin of the Year Awards Ceremony took place Feb. 2 in Berlin at the World Money Fair.

From the thousands of coins produced in a year, only a hundred make the cut for nomination.

These 100 are then sorted by category for our Judges Panel to consider. Out of 10 category winners, one is chosen for overall COTY honors.

To open the COTY ceremony this year, we had remarks from both of our sponsors: the World Money Fair, represented by Gitta Künker, Managing Director of the World Money Fair Holding GmbH, and Michael Chou, Publisher of the Journal of East Asian Numismatics.

The United States Mint returned to the World Money Fair this year to accept two COTY awards. New director David J. Ryder is a true "coin guy" who plans to push his staff in innovative ways in years to come. He explained this from the podium as he accepted the award for Best Gold Coin for the 100 Dollar Gold American Liberty 225th Anniversary coin. Truly gracious in design, this coin stood out for both its unique depiction of Liberty and its classic image of an eagle in flight. The second award for the United States went to the silver Dollar Boys Town Centennial Commemorative, a perfect design for commemoration, for which it won the Most Inspirational Coin category. Ronald Harrigal, a 30+ year member of the U.S. Mint, joined Ryder at the podium for this acceptance.

Seethe complete article online for more information and images of several winners. Here are a few that caught my eye in addition to the American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin. -Editor

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Most Inspirational Coin - United States Mint - 1 Dollar, Silver - Boys Town Centennial Commemorative

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Most Artistic Coin - Austrian Mint - 50 Euro, Gold - The Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy - Sigmund Freud

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Most Innovative Coin - Republic of Palau - 20 Dollars, Silver - Great Micromosaic Passion - Birth of Venus

To read the complete article, see:
Coin of the Year awards given in Berlin (https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/coin-of-the-year-awards-given-in-berlin)

This World Coin News article is a compilation of photos of the recipients of the Coin of the Year awards. -Editor

To read the complete article, see: Award recipients from COTY’s anticipated awards presentation at the World Money Fair in Berlin (https://world.mintnewsblog.com/2019/02/award-recipients-from-cotys-anticipated-awards-presentation-at-the-world-money-fair-in-berlin/)

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