2654) Coin of the Year Awards - 2023 (COTY) : Category Winners:

2654) Coin of the Year Awards - 2023 (COTY) : Category Winners:

To view a few posts on previous COTY winners, please visit the following links:

1) Did You Know Series (25) : The prestigious Krause Publications Annual  World Coin Competition - Winners of the COTY 2015 and other 10 Category winners

2) Krause Publications Awards Coin of the Year and other Category winners - 2016

3) Coin of the Year and winners of the 10 sub-categories- 2017

4) Coin of the Year Awards - 2018 (COTY - 2018): i) A 5 Euro Polymer Coin from Germany is the winner of Coin of the Year 2018; ii) Other category winners.

5) Coin of the Year Awards - 2019 (COTY 2019): i) A 50 Euro Silver coin from France is the Winner of Coin of the Year - 2019; ii) Other Category Winners.

6) 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"

7) Coin Of The Year (COTY) 2021: i) A Moon Landing Silver themes Coin minted by the US Mint is the COTY-2021 Winner ii) Other Category Winners

8) Coin Of The Year (COTY - 2022): i) "The Gold of the Pharoahs 100 Euro Gold Coin from the Austrian Mint, Vienna is the COTY-2022 Winner ii) Other Category Winners

9) Coin Of The Year Awards - 2023 (COTY): Category Winners

Canada was the country to beat as the best of the best went head-to-head in the first round of balloting for the 2023 Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards, an internationally conducted awards program recognizing excellence and ingenuity in coin design.

 The annual program, presented by World Coin News and sponsored by the Journal of East Asian Numismatics, brings out the best 2021-dated coins issued by countries around the world.

The 2023 COTY Awards is sponsored by The Journal of East Asian Numismatics

From a field of 100 coins put forth by the COTY Nominating Committee, judges were faced with tough competition from coins across the globe. 

Many mints had multiple nominations and voting was close in many categories, but there could only be one winner for each. 

While some categories had close calls, with the winners taking home the trophy with only a few votes to set them above others, others blew their competitors out of the water. 

Canada was one such example in Best Crown, winning the category with the most votes received across all categories of the entire COTY competition. Canada also won the Best Circulating Coin Category.

Austria and Ukraine are also taking home more than one trophy, with Austria winning the Bi-Metallic and Innovative categories and Ukraine coming out on top in Best Contemporary Event and Most Artistic. The United Kingdom won the Most Historically. Significant category, the United States is taking home the trophy for Best Gold, China in Best Silver, and Tokelau in Most Inspirational.

The winners in each of these 10 categories will go on to the final round in the competition and vie for the prestigious title of Coin of the Year.

Following is a list of the winners in each category:

i) Best Contemporary Event Coin Category:

Ukraine - 10 Hryvnias - Silver - "25th Anniversary - Ukrainian Constitution":

ii) Most Historically Significant Coin Category:

United Kingdom - 50 Pence - Silver Centenary - "Discovery of Insulin":

iii) Most Artistic Coin Category:

Ukraine - 5 Hryvnias - Base Metal - "30th Anniversary - Ukraine's Independence":

iv) Most Innovative Coin Category:

Austria - 20 Euro - Silver - "The Milky Way":

v) Most Inspirational Coin Category:

Tokelau - 20 New Zealand Dollars - Silver - "The Next Evolution":

vi) Best Gold Coin Category:

United States of America (USA) - 100 Dollars - Gold Coin - "American Liberty":

vii) Best Crown Coin Category:

Canada - 20 Dollars - Silver - Gold and Black Rhodium Plating - "The Grey Wolf":

viii) Best Silver Coin Category:

China - 20 Yuan - Silver - "Auspicious Culture - Swans":

ix) Best Bi-Metallic Coin Category:

Austria - 25 Euro - Silver-Niobium - "Smart Mobility":

x) Best Circulating Coin Category:

Canada - 10 Cents - Nickel-Plated Steel - 100th Anniversary - "Bluenose":