1229) Coin of The Year (COTY) 2020: i) A 5 Euro honey themed coin designed in the shape of a honey-comb minted by the Bank of Latvia is the COTY-2020 Winner ii) Other Category Winners:
To view a few posts on previous COTY winners, please visit the following links:
To view a few posts on previous COTY winners, please visit the following links:
The Coin Of The Year (COTY) Awards programme, now in its 37th year is an internationally conducted competition presented by "World Coin News", which recognises outstanding coin designs and innovation world-wide.
The 2020 programme was sponsored by "The Journal of East Asian Numismatics" and the "World Money Fair". The 2020 competition featured coins dated 2018 in 10 different categories of competition, as selected by an international panel of Judges.
A list of the 100 nominees (10 per each category) is given in my post placed at the following link: 37th Annual Coin of the Year 2020 (COTY) Nominees: The Prestigious Kraus Publications Annual Award Competition which selects the winning coins in 10 different categories & from among the winners - the "Coin of the Year"
The Coin of the Year-2020 Award:
The 5 Euro "Honey" Coin styled as a honey-comb in gold-plated silver, minted by the Bank of Latvia and designed by artist Arturs Analts was voted as the Coin of the Year-2020 from among a pool of 10 category-winning coins. This Coin had earlier topped the Most Artistic Coin category.
The impact of bees on both world ecologies and economies is fast being recognised as mammoth, as such this simple and elegant design presented a lovely counterpoint to focus human response. As such, this Coin really stood out and was the runaway COTY-2020 winner by a wide margin.
1) Most Historically Significant Coin Category winner:
10 Euro Silver Coin, with partially/selectively applied colour minted by Monnaie de Paris (the Paris Mint) with the theme - "Armistice - People's jubilation at the end of the Great War."
2) Best Circulating Coin Category Winner:
2 Euro Bi-metallic Coin minted by the Austrian Mint with the theme - "100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Austrian Republic".
3) Best Contemporary Event Coin Category Winner:
5 Euro Silver Coin, with selectively applied colour, minted by the Italian Mint, with the theme - "70th Anniversary of the Italian Constitution".
4) Best Bi-metallic Coin Category Winner:
25 Euro, Bi-metallic (Silver-Niobium) Coin minted by the Austrian Mint, with the theme - "Anthropocene".
5) Best Gold Coin Category Winner:
50 Euro Gold Coin minted by the Austrian Mint, with the theme - "Vienna School of Psychotherapy - Alfred Adler".
6) Most Artistic Coin Category Winner:
5 Euro, Gold-plated Silver Honey Coin minted by the Bank of Latvia (also the COTY-2020 winner).
7) Best Silver Coin Category Winner:
5 Euro, Silver with partial colour Coin minted by the Lithuanian Mint with the theme ("Jonines: Rasos Svente."
8) Most Innovative Coin Category Winner:
5, 10, 20 Euro Silver and 50 Euro Gold Coin, minted by the Lithuanian Mint, with the theme - "100th Anniversary of the Restoration of Lithuanian Independence".
9) Best Crown Coin Category Winner:
5 Dollars, Silver with applied colour, Curved Coin, minted by the Royal Australian Mint (RAM), with the theme - "The Earth and Beyond - EARTH".
10) Most Inspirational Coin Category Winner:
1 Dollar, Silver with partial colour Coin, minted by the Perth Mint, Australia, with the theme - "100th Anniversary of the End of World War I".
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