Логотип Coin of the Year
На днях в рамках 39-го ежегодного конкурса «Монета года» (Coin of the Year, COTY), организованного Издательством «Krause Publications» и журналом «World Coin News», были озвучены 10 самых интересных монет 2020 года в 10 номинациях. Победители в каждой из этих 10 категорий выйдут в финальный раунд конкурса и будут бороться за престижное звание «Монета года».
Для участия в конкурсе монеты отбираются весьма строго. Важны интересный креативный дизайн и качество чеканки. И только результаты труда лучших художников и монетных дворов получают право участвовать в конкурсе.
Most Historically Significant (Наиболее исторически значимая)
• Australia, KM-3209, 1 Dollar, Silver, The Endeavour
• Belgium, KM-405, 5 Euro, Silver, 185 Years — First Train on European Mainland
• British Virgin Islands, KM-546, 1 Dollar, Silver, 400th Anniversary — Voyage of the Mayflower
• Canada, KM-2928, 5 Dollar, Silver, 100th Anniversary — RCMP
• France, KM-2803, 25 Euro, Silver, La Fayette
• Germany, KM-394, 20 Euro, Sterling Silver, Ludwig van Beethoven
• Greece, KM-337, 200 Euro, Gold, The Persian Wars
• Portugal, KM-914, 7.5 Euro, Silver, Magellan
• Serbia, KM-66, 100 Dinara, Silver, Tesla’s Shadowgraph X-Rays
• United States, KM-731, 1 Dollar, Silver, Women’s Suffrage
Best Contemporary Event Coin (Лучшая, отображающая современные события)
• Australia, KM-3241, 5 Dollar, Silver, 75th Anniversary — End of World War II
• Chad, KM-67, 5,000 Franc, Silver, COVID-19: Pandemic
• China, KM-2515, 5 Yuan, Silver, XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Speed Skating
• Cook Islands, KM-2088, 20 Dollar, Silver, Steampunk
• France, KM-2782, 10 Euro, Silver, Peace & Victory
• Gibraltar, KM-1531]a, 50 Pence, Silver, 75th Anniversary — VE Day
• Japan, KM-290, 100 Yuan, Cupronickel, Copper, Tokyo Olympic Games: Tennis
• Poland, KM-1066, 10 Zlotych, Silver, Katyn — Palmiry 1940
• Ukraine, KM-1014, 5 Hryvnia, Nickel-Based Alloy, 75th Anniversary — Victory over Nazism in WWII
• United Kingdom, KM-1747a, 50 Pence, Silver, Brexit Withdrawal
Best Gold Coin (Лучшая золотая)
• Austria, KM-3320, 100 Euro, Gold, The Gold of the Pharaohs
• Canada, KM-2970, 100 Dollar, Gold, WWII Victory in Europe
• China, KM-2537, 50 Yuan, Gold, 600th Anniversary — Forbidden City
• France, KM-2830, 250 Euro, Gold, The Oak
• Italy, KM-450, 20 Euro, Gold, 500th Anniversary — Death of Raffaello Sanzio
• Japan, KM-302, 10,000 Yen, Gold, Tokyo Paralympic Games: Torchbearers
• Mongolia, KM-413, 1,000 Togrog, Gold, Majestic Eagle
• South Africa, KM-725, 50 Rand, Gold, Big 5: The Rhino
• Switzerland, KM-180, ¼ Swiss Franc, Gold, Smallest Gold Coin in the World: Einstein
• United States, KM-737, 25 Dollar, Gold, 75th Anniversary — End of World War II
Best Silver Coin (Лучшая серебряная)
• Australia, KM-3239, 2 Dollar, Silver, 30th Anniversary — Australia Kookaburra
• Cameroon, KM-215, 5,000 Franc, Silver, 700th Anniversary — The Divine Comedy
• Canada, KM-2968, 50 Dollar, Silver, Courageous Bald Eagle
• China, KM-2554, 600 Yuan, Silver, 600th Anniversary — Forbidden City
• France, KM-2776, 10 Euro, Silver, Charles de Gaulle
• Germany, KM-394, 20 Euro, Sterling Silver, Ludwig van Beethoven
• Hungary, KM-1010, 30,000 Forint, Silver, 30 Years of Freedom
• Latvia, KM-209, 5 Euro, Silver, Linden Leaf
• Switzerland, 181, 20 Swiss Franc, Silver, Roger Federer
• United States, KM-730a, 1 Dollar, Silver, Basketball Hall of Fame
Best Crown (Лучшая монета кронового размера)
• Australia, KM-3193, 1 Dollar, Silver, Great Southern Land
• Cambodia, KM-214, 5,000 Riel, Silver, Gyeongbokgung Palace
• Cook Islands, KM-2077, 10 Dollar, Silver, Airplane Propeller
• France, KM-2763, 10 Euro, Silver, Champs-Elysées
• Greece, KM-333, 10 Euro, Silver, 2,500 Years — Battle of Thermopylae
• Hungary, KM-1000, 10,000 Forint, Silver, 175th Anniversary — Birth of Pal Szinyei Merse
• Kazakhstan, KM-459, 500 Tenge, Silver, 30 Years — Closure of Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site
• Poland, KM-1079, 20 Ztotych, Silver, History of Polish Coin: The Gdansk Ztoty of Augustus III
• Ukraine, KM-1033, 10 Hryvnia, Silver, XXXII Olympic Games
• United Kingdom, KM-1767, 2 Pound, Silver, Elton John Color Print
Best Circulating Coin (Лучшая циркуляционная монета)
• Canada, KM-2918, 2 Dollar, Bi-Metallic Multi-Ply Plated Steel with Color, 100th Anniversary — Birth of Bill Reid
• China, KM-2511, 5 Yuan, Brass, Wuyi Mountain
• France, 2755, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Medical Research
• Germany, KM-388, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Brandenburg
• Greece, KM-326, 2 Euro, Copper-Nickel, Nickel-Brass, 100 Years — Union of Thrace with Greece
• Hungary, KM-983, 50 Forint, Cupronickel, 150 Anniversary — Hungarian Firefighter Association
• Japan, 297, KM-500 Yen, Bi-Colored Clad, Tokyo Paralympics: Wind God
• Poland, KM-1062, 5 Zlotych, Bi-Metallic, St. Mary’s Basilica
• South Africa, KM-713, 2 Rand, Nickel-Plated Copper Core, 25 Years — Constitutional Democracy, “Freedom and Security of the Person”
• United States, KM-732, 1 Dollar, Brass, Elizabeth Peratrovich
Best Bi-Metallic Coin (Лучшая биметаллическая)
• Australia, KM-3240, 5 Dollar, Selectively Gold-Plated Silver-Copper, Australian Paralympic Team
• Austria, KM-3318, 25 Euro, Silver-Niobium, Big Data
• British Antarctic Territory, KM-39, 1 Pound, Nickel-Brass, Cupronickel, Climate Change
• Cyprus, KM-108, 2 Euro, Copper-Nickel, Nickel-Brass, Nickel, 30 Years — Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
• France, KM-2754, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Charles de Gaulle
• Germany, KM-389, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Warsaw Genuflection: Willy Brandt
• Japan, KM-296, 500 Yen, Bi-Colored Clad, Tokyo Olympic Games: Thunder God
• Lithuania, KM-257, 2 Euro, Nickel-Brass Clad Center with Copper-Nickel Ring, Hill of Crosses
• Russia, KM-1925, 10 Ruble, Bi-Metallic, 75th Anniversary — End of World War II
• Switzerland, KM-179, 10 Swiss Franc, Copper-Nickel, Aluminum-Bronze, Hare
Most Artistic Coin (Самая художественная)
• Austria, KM-3317, 20 Euro, Silver, Centenary — Salzburg Festival
• Canada, KM-2967, 50 Dollar, Silver, Franklin Expedition
• China, KM-2531, 30 Yuan, Silver, Auspicious Culture
• Greece, KM-327, 5 Euro, Silver, Myrtis
• Hungary, KM-985, 2,000 Forint, Cupronickel-Zinc, Debrecen, Reformed Great Church and College
• Latvia, KM-212, 5 Euro, Silver, Gold-Plated Details, Modernism in Latvia: The 1960s
• Niue, KM-2781, 7 Dollar, Silver, Golden Tears, Gustav Klimt — Matrix Art
• Palau, KM-638, 10 Dollar, Silver, Tre Grazie — Eternal Sculptures
• Slovakia, KM-174, 20 Euro, Silver, Chranéna krajinna Oblast (Pol’ana Mountains Protected Area)
• Ukraine, KM-1032, 10 Hryvnia, Zinc-Based Alloy, Fallen Defenders’ Day
Most Innovative Coin (Самая инновационная)
• Australia, KM-3226, 2 Dollar, Silver, Figure-Eight Dragon & Phoenix
• Barbados, KM-125, 5 Dollar, Silver, Enamel Color, Water Transfer Print, Blue Marble
• Canada, KM-2935, 10 Dollar, Silver, Pulsating Maple Leaf
• France, KM-2831, 500 Euro, Silver, Berluti
• Lithuania, KM-263, 19.18 Euro, Silver, LBCOIN
• Mongolia, KM-403, 500 Togrog, Silver, Majestic Eagle
• Niue, KM-2578, 2 Dollar, Silver, 70 Years — Credit Card Invention
• Palau, KM-636, 5 Dollar, Silver, Gilded, Gilded Fortune
• Solomon Islands, KM-1018, 10 Dollar, Silver with Color, 250th Anniversary — Ludwig van Beethoven
• Ukraine, KM-1019—1027, 9 Hryvnia (each, 9 coins), Silver, Eneida
Most Inspirational Coin (Самая вдохновенная)
• Australia, KM-3185, | Dollar, Aluminum-Bronze (with color that purposely wears off), Donation Dollar
• Austria, KM-3313a, 10 Euro, Silver, Courage
• Canada, KM-2956, 20 Dollar, Silver, Remembrance Day Poppy
• China, KM-2536, 50 Yuan, Gold, Auspicious Culture: Heart/Bride
• Latvia, KM-211, 5 Euro, Silver, Black Color Print, Gold Plating, Personal Freedom
• Lithuania, KM-259, 5 Euro, Silver, Hope
• Mongolia, KM-409, 1,000 Togrog, Silver, Mahatma Gandhi
• South Africa, KM-716, 2-½ Cent, Silver, Inventions: Retinal Cryoprobe
• Ukraine, KM-1008, 5 Hryvnia, Nickel-Based Alloy, The Frontline: Pandemic Heroes
• United Kingdom, KM-1754b, 50 Pence, Silver, Diversity Built Britain
Из них международное жюри конкурса выбрало лучшие монеты 2020 года в десяти номинациях. Читать полностью »
Министерство финансов Греции выпустило пресс-релиз, в котором обнародовало план выпуска монет на 2021 год.
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