Sunday, 4 October 2026

4726) American Numismatic Association (ANA) 2026 Coin of the Year (COTY) Award Winners, United States of America (USA): Date/Year of Coin Awards: 27.08.2026:

4726) American Numismatic Association (ANA) 2026 Coin of the Year (COTY) Award Winners, United States of America (USA): Date/Year of Coin Awards: 27.08.2026:

To view a few posts on previous COTY and Coin Constellation (Russia) winners & IBNS Winners, please visit the following links:








For the IBNS "Banknote of the Year Award" winner posts on this blog, please visit the following links:








American Numismatic Association (ANA) Awards:

American Numismatic Association (ANA) Coin of the Year Awards:

The American Numismatic Association (ANA) Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards are an internationally recognised competition that honours outstanding coin design and innovation.

Presented by World Coin News and sponsored by The Journal of East Asian Numismatics, Numismatic Guaranty Company, and the WFM, the Coin of the Year award competition recognises outstanding coin design and innovation worldwide. 

The COTY Nominating Committee selected 100 finalists (10 coins in 10 categories) from a pool of nearly 600 coins dated 2025. An international panel of judges then selected the top coin in each category.

The awards are presented annually by Krause Publications and are conducted by an international panel of judges.

The COTY program encourages excellence in numismatic design and craftsmanship, with categories including Best Bi-metallic, Best Contemporary Event, Best Crown, Best Circulating, Best Gold, Best Silver, Most Popular, Most Artistic, Most Historically Significant, and Most Innovative.

The awards ceremony is a highlight of the ANA's World's Fair of Money, where the winning coins are celebrated and recognised for their artistic and historical significance.

China is celebrating its first Coin of the Year win with its “Chinese Dragon” 10 yuan silver bullion coin, which was named the 2026 champion during the Coin of the Year (COTY) award ceremony at the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money® (WFM) in Pittsburgh on August 27. 

The Coin’s Obverse features the serpentine Great Wall in a mountainous landscape, and the Reverse depicts a Chinese dragon. 

Designed by engraver Wang Hu Ming, the dragon’s appearance was inspired by the Gilded Dragon of the Tang Dynasty and the Nine Dragon Wall in Beijing’s Forbidden City. 

The winners in each category are: 

Most Historically Significant Coin—Austria:

Silver 20 Euro, “Beliefs and Rituals—White Gold of Hallstatt”


Best Contemporary Event Coin—France:

Base-metal 2 Euro, “Notre-Dame” 

Best Gold Coin—United States of America:

Gold $100, “American Liberty”

Best Silver Coin—Austria:

Silver 20 Euro, “Einstein Ring”

Best Crown Coin—China:

Silver 10 yuan, “Chinese Dragon”

Best Circulating Coin—Hungary:

Base-metal 200 forint, “Hungarian Academy of Sciences Commemorative Circulation Coin”

 Best Bimetallic Coin—Austria:

Silver-niobium 25 Euro, “Digitalisation”

Most Artistic Coin—France

Silver 10 Euro, “El Dorado—The Sower”

 Most Innovative Coin—France

Silver 10 Euro, “90 Years of Lancôme”

 Most Inspirational Coin—Ukraine:

Nickel silver 5 hryvnias, “Let’s Hold the Line!”














To view a few posts on previous COTY and Coin Constellation (Russia) winners & IBNS Winners, please visit the following links:








For the IBNS "Banknote of the Year Award" winner posts on this blog, please visit the following links:







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