Krause Publications Announces 2015 Coin of the Year Nominees

Krause Publications, a leading producer of coin and paper money books, magazines, events and online products, has announced the 94 nominees for the 2015 Coin of the Year awards.

Each year, the awards honor the best in coin design from around the world. The awards will be presented during a ceremony Jan. 31, 2015, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany.

The coins nominated for this year’s awards were released in 2013, and represent the highest achievement in theme, design and marketing from mints and central banks from around the world.

A panel of judges who are authors, editors and numismatists, as well as members of the American Numismatic Association and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, met Oct. 3 in Iola, Wis., to choose the following nominees from hundreds received from around the world.

These nominees will now be reviewed by an international panel of 80 judges comprised of mint and museum officials, journalists and individual experts. They will choose a winner in each of 10 individual categories. A second round of balloting will select the Coin of the Year from among the category winners.

This year, World Coin News is also giving the public a chance to see if their selections match the judges’ choices. Though the public input will have no impact on the actual winners, the public will have the satisfaction of knowing whether they agree or disagree with the judges’ results. The public can vote online here: http://svy.mk/1nMTHPp.

Last year’s COTY winner was a 10-euro silver coin issued by Monnaie de Paris commemorating the works of famous French artist Yves Klein, recognized as one of the most important French artists of the post-war period. The obverse of the .900 silver proof coin shows Klein’s hand coated with his famous International Klein Blue that he is about to apply on a canvas. The reverse depicts the other material Klein used, monochrome materials.

Below are the nominees for the 2015 Krause Publications’ Coin of the Year Awards.



Most Historically Significant Coin



Australia – 1 Dollar, KM# 1941, Silver, The Land Down Under – Captain James Cook Canada – 50 Dollars, KM# 1429, Silver, HMS Shannon and USS Chesapeake – Battle of Boston Harbor, War of 1812 Denmark – 500 Kroner, KM#957, Silver, Niels Bohr and Atomic Theory Germany – 10 Euro, KM# 319, Silver, Heinrich Hertz and Electric Rays – 125th Anniversary Guyana – 2000 Dollar, KM# 57, Copper-Nickel, 1763 Slave Revolt – 250th Anniversary Netherlands – 5 Euro, KM# 326, Silver, 1713 Peace treaty of Utrecht Peru – Nuevo Sol, KM#370, Silver, Sol Coinage – 100th Anniversary Poland – 5 Zlotych, Y# 863, Silver, History of Polish Coins – Denarius of Boleslaw I the Brave Slovakia – 10 Euro, KM#130, Silver, Jozef Karol Hell – 300th Anniversary of Birth Spain – 50 Euro, KM# 1287, Silver, Balboa Discovers the Pacific Ocean – 500th anniversary



Best Contemporary Event Coin



Australia – 1 Dollar, KM# 2148, Silver, Korean War Ends – 60th Anniversary Belarus – Rouble, KM# 436, Copper-Nickel, BPS-Sberbank – 90th Anniversary Canada – 50 Cents, KM# 1444, Copper-Nickel, Superman – 75th Anniversary (Lenticular image of classic & modern Superman) Croatia – 25 Kuna, KM# 94, Bi-Metallic, Croatian entry into European Union France – 10 Euro, KM# 2091, Silver, Franco-German Friendship – 50th Anniversary Great Britain – 5 Pounds, KM#1242b, Silver, Elizabeth’s Coronation – 60th Anniversary Lithuania – 50 Litu, KM# 195, Silver, Sajudis Independence Demonstration – 25th Anniversary Poland – 2 Zlotych, Y# 876, Copper-Aluminum-Nickel, Polish Society for the Mentally Handicapped – 50th Anniversary Russia – 100 Roubles, Y#1451, Gold, Russian victory over Germany at Battle of Stalingrad – 70th Anniversary Spain – 10 Euro, KM# 1280, Silver, Juan Carlos – 75th Anniversary of Birth



Best Gold Coin



Austria – 50 Euro, KM# 3218, Gold, Klimt and his Women – The Expectation Canada – 50 Cents, KM# 1348, Gold, Eagle Head China – 100 Yuan, KM# 2086, Gold, Chinese Sacred Buddhist Mountain – Mount Putuo France – 50 Euro, KM# 2100, Gold, Notre Dame – 850th Anniversary Great Britain – 50 Pence, KM#1253b, Gold, Benjamin Britten – 100th Anniversary of Birth Italy – 20 Euro, KM# 365, Gold, Botticelli’s personification of Spring Mongolia – 500 Tugrik, KM# 327, Gold, Howling Wolf Netherlands – 10 Euro, KM# 338, Gold, Rietveld Schroder House Slovakia – 100 Euro, KM# 132, Gold, Maximilian – 450th Anniversary of Coronation in Bratislava South Africa – 10 Rand, KM# 563, Gold, Nature – Zebras



Best Silver Coin



Australia – 1 Dollar + 25 Cents, KM# 1916 + 1917, Silver, Australian Holey Dollar and Dump – 200th Anniversary Austria – 20 Euro, KM# 3219, Silver, European Writers – Stefan Zweig Canada – 100 Dollars, KM# 1441, Silver, Three Bison Cook Islands – 10 Dollars, KM# 1656, Silver, New York Grand Central Terminal Clock France – 10 Euro, KM# 2095, Silver, Rudolf Nureyev Latvia – 1 Lats, KM# 140, Silver, Richard Wagner – 200th Anniversary of Birth Mongolia – 500 Tugrik, KM# 326, Silver, Argali Sheep with Crystal Eyes Niue – 1 Dollar, KM# 1127, Silver, Tropical Coral Fish – Puffer Fish Turkey – 50 Lira, KM# 1293, Silver, Turkey Statehood – 90th Anniversary United States of America – 1 Dollar, KM# 273, Silver, Enhanced Uncirculated silver American Eagle



Best Crown Coin



Andorra – 5 Diners, KM# 364, Silver, Aguila Daurada eagle British Antarctic Territory – 2 Pounds, KM# 9, Copper-Nickel, Emperor Penguin – Three Penguin Chicks Finland – 10 Euro, KM# 202, Silver, Sophie Mannerheim – 150th Anniversary of Birth Great Britain – 5 Pounds, KM# 1259, Copper-Nickel, Christening of Prince George Hungary – 5000 Forint, KM# 855, Silver, Weöres Sándor – 100th Anniversary of Birth Ireland – 10 Euro, KM# 80.2, Silver, James Joyce Lithuania – 50 Litu, KM# 197, Silver, Uprising of 1863-1864 – 150th Anniversary Poland – 20 Zlotych, Y# 879, Silver, Animals of the World – European Bison Russia – 3 Rouble, Y# 1422, Silver, Female athlete holding Kazan Universiade banner above city skyline South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands – 2 Pounds, KM# 60, Copper-Nickel, Blue Whale



Best Circulating Coin



Australia – 20 Cents, KM# 2010, Copper-Nickel, Mechanisms of Mining Denmark – 20 Kroner, KM# 960, Aluminum-Bronze, Ole Rømer Finland – 2 Euro, KM# 190, Bi-Metallic, Parliament, 150th Anniversary Great Britain – 2 Pound, KM# 1239, Bi-Metallic, London Subway, 150th Anniversary Greece – 2 Euro, KM# 252, Bi-Metallic, Plato Italy – 2 Euro, KM# 357, Bi-Metallic, Giuseppe Verdi, 200th Anniversary of Birth Lithuania – 2 Litai, KM# 190, Bi-Metallic, Stelmuze Oak Singapore – 1 Dollar, KM# 314, Bi-Metallic, Lion and Flora United States of America – 25 Cents, KM# 546, Copper-Nickel Clad Copper, Mount Rushmore National Memorial



Best Bi-Metallic Coin



Austria – 25 Euro, KM# 321, Silver and Niobium, Tunneling France – 2 Euro, KM# 2102, Bi-Metallic, Pierre de Coubertin – 150th Anniversary of Birth Germany – 2 Euro, KM# 314, Bi-Metallic, German States – Baden-Württemberg and Maulbronn Japan – 500 Yen, Y# 198, Bi-Metallic, Hiroshima Prefecture Lithuania – 2 Litai, KM# 187, Bi-Metallic, Distaff (Spinning Tool) Luxembourg – 5 Euro, KM# 126, Silver and Niobium, Beaufort Castle Netherlands – 2 Euro, KM# 324, Bi-Metallic, Kingdom – 200th Anniversary Palau – 2 Dollars, KM# 472, Bi-Metallic, 30th Anniversary of Panda coinage Portugal – 2 Euro, KM# 830, Bi-Metallic, Cathedral tower view Switzerland – 10 Francs, KM# 146, Bi-Metallic, Silvesterchlausen

Most Artistic Coin



Australia – 1 Dollar, KM# 2051, Silver, Land Down Under – Surfing Austria – 100 Euro, KM# 3225, Gold, Austrian Wildlife – Red Deer Canada – 20 Dollars, KM# 1363, Silver, Canadian Maple Canopy – Spring Fiji – 10 Dollars, KM# 366, Silver, Malachite Room – Hermitage Finland – 20 Euro, KM# 204, Silver, Multicultural Kazakhstan – 50 Tenge, KM# 264, Copper-Nickel, Hedgehog Latvia – 1 Lats, KM# 137, Silver, Rudolfs Blaumanis – 150th Anniversary of Birth New Zealand – 1 Dollar, KM# 373, Silver, Maori Art – Koru Slovenia – 2 Euro, KM# 112, Bi-Metallic, Postojna Cave Discovery – 800th Anniversary



Most Innovative Coin



Australia – 50 Cents, KM# 2141, Silver, Australian red one penny stamp centennial coin packaged with $10 commemorative stamp France – 10 Euro, KM# 2217 – 2120, Silver, Tour de France – 100th Anniversary – Different Colored Cyclists’ Jackets Latvia – 1 Lats, KM# 143, Silver, Last Lats – Linear Calendar Mongolia – 500 Tugrik, KM# 328, Gilded Silver, Wolf Laser Cutout Niue – 50 Dollars, KM# 1279, Silver, Fortuna Redux – Mercury Niue – 100 Dollars, KM# 1256, Silver, Moon gilt within rays and 12 crystals



Most Inspirational Coin



Australia – 1 Dollar, KM# 2045, Aluminum-Bronze, ANZAC Day – Engineers Belarus – Rouble, KM# 437, Copper-Nickel, Christianization of the Rus – 1025th Anniversary Canada – 3 Dollars, KM# 1485, Silver, Grandfather and grandson fishing Estonia – 7 Euro, KM# 73, Silver, Raimond Valgre Finland – 10 Euro, KM# 201, Silver, Frans Eemil Sillanpåå France – 250 Euro, KM# 1764, Gold, Dove and peace in various languages Israel – New Sheqel, KM# 508, Silver, Yad Vashem – 60th Anniversary Portugal – 2.5 Euro, KM# 831, Silver, International Committee of the Red Cross – 150th Anniversary Slovakia – 2 Euro, KM# 128, Bi-Metallic, Saints Cyril and Methodius Vatican City – 2 Euro, KM# 446, Bi-Metallic, World Youth Day – Rio



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Update: A previous version of this story mistakenly listed the United States Enhanced Uncirculated silver American Eagle as a $5 Coin.