Логотип Coin of the Year
Вчера, 1 февраля 2020 года, на проводимой в Берлине Всемирной ярмарке денег (World Money Fair) вновь прошла церемония присуждения премий конкурса «Монета года» (Coin of the Year, COTY), организованная Издательством «Krause Publications» и журналом «World Coin News». Комиссия из представителей монетных дворов, центральных банков, музеев, нумизматических организаций, журналистов и частных экспертов озвучит лучшие монеты 2018 года. Оценка монет основывалась на оценке привлекательности дизайна, художественного исполнения и качества чеканки.
Каждая монета, победившая в конкурсе, получает специальный диплом, подтверждающий победу и статуэтку.
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 Artistic Coin (Самая художественная)
• Australia, KM-2875, 8 Dollar, Silver with patina, Rare Earth
• Cook Islands, KM-1867, 5 Dollar, Silver with Color, Night Animals – Eagle Owl
• France, KM-2487, 10 Euro, Silver with selective gold plating, The Ages of Europe – The Baroque & Rococo Era
• Hungary, KM-943, 2,000 Forint, Brass, National Memorials – Fiumei Cemetery
• Italy, KM-417, 5 Euro, Silver, Italy of Arts – Houses of Veneto
• Latvia, KM-200, 5 Euro, Gold-Plated Silver, Honey Coin
• Netherlands, KM-396, 5 Euro, Silver, Leeuwarden Fryslan European Capital of Culture
• Portugal, KM-890a, 5 Euro, Silver, Europa Series – The Baroque Age
• Republic of Palau, KM-593, 5 Dollar, Silver, Alligator Bite
• South Africa, KM-663, 5 Rand, Silver with Color, Crinum Graminicola of the Waterberg Biosphere Reserve
Best Bi-Metallic Coin (Лучшая биметаллическая)
• Austria, KM-3289, 25 Euro, Bi-Metallic (Niobium center in silver ring), Anthropocene
• Cambodia, KM-160, 200 Riel, Tri-Metallic (Brass, Copper, Copper-Nickel), 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relationship Between China and Cambodia
• China, KM-2391, 10 Yuan, Bi-Metallic, Fuxing – China High-Speed Rail
• Fiji, KM-723, 1 Dollar, Bi-Metallic, Celebrating Love, Heart-Shaped
• Great Britain, KM-1565, 2 Pound, Bi-Metallic, Captain James Cook
• Greece, KM-299, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, 70 Years from the Union of the Dodecanese Islands with Greece
• Italy, KM-419, 5 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Artistic Treasures of Amatrice
• Kenya, KM-46, 5 Shilling, Bi-Metallic, Addition of Kiswahili Legends – Rhinoceros Head
• Poland, Y-1011, 5 Zlotych, Bi-Metallic, 100th Anniversary of Poland Regaining Independence
• Switzerland, KM-169, 10 Franc, Bi-Metallic, Alpine Flora – Stemless Carline Thistle
Best Circulating Coin (Лучшая циркуляционная монета)
• Australia, KM-2863, 2 Dollar, Aluminum Bronze, Invictus Games
• Austria, KM-3275, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Austrian Republic
• Canada, KM-2580.2, 2 Dollar, Bi-Metallic, Colorized, 100th Anniversary of First World War Armistice
• Finland, KM-273, 5 Euro, Bi-Metallic, Finnish National Landscapes – Olavinlinna Castle and Lake Pihlajavesi
• Germany, KM-370, 5 Euro, Copper-Nickel, Polymer Insert, Climate – Tropical Zone
• Great Britain, KM-1546, 10 Pence, Nickel-Plated Steel, Great British Coin Hunt – Letter U (Union Jack)
• Peru, KM-411, 1 Sol, Copper-Nickel-Zinc, Endangered Wildlife of Peru – Jaguar
• Portugal, KM-886, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, 250th Anniversary of the National Printing Office
• Slovenia, KM-134, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, World Bee Day
• United States, KM-670, 25 Cent, Copper-Nickel, America the Beautiful – Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
Best Crown (Лучшая монета кронового размера)
• Australia, KM-2873, 5 Dollar, Silver with Color, The Earth and Beyond – Earth, Curved
• Canada, KM-2655, 20 Dollar, Silver with Color, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Maple Leaves Brooch
• China, KM-2408, 10 Yuan, Silver, The Opening of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge
• Cook Islands, KM-1861, 5 Dollar, Silver with Color, Salvatore Dali Money Heist Revolutionary Masks
• Finland, KM-280, 20 Euro, Silver, Finnish Sauna Culture
• France, KM-2488, 10 Euro, Silver, The 7 Arts – Guillaume Apollinaire
• Great Britain, KM-1657, 2 Pound, Silver, Britannia
• Kazakhstan, KM-393, 500 Tenge, Silver, partial gilt with diamond eye, Cult Animals as a Totems of Nomads – Kokbori (Blue Wolf)
• Palau, KM-579, 10 Dollar, Silver with Color, Daisy Flower
• South Africa, KM-655, 2 Rand, Silver, South African Inventions – Computed Tomography
Best Gold Coin (Лучшая золотая)
• Australia, KM-2866, 100 Dollar, Gold, 1812 A New Map of the World, Curved
• Australia, KM-2876, 150 Dollar, Gold/Platinum, Australian Wedge-Tailed Eagle
• Austria, KM-3278, 50 Euro, Gold, Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy – Alfred Adler
• China, KM-2432, 100 Yuan, Gold, The Art of Chinese Calligraphy (Seal Script)
• France, KM-2513, 50 Euro, Gold, L’aviation Et L’Histoire – Transall
• Germany, KM-376, 100 Euro, Gold, UNESCO World Heritage – Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust at Bruhl
• Great Britain, KM-1604, 10 Pound, Gold, Sapphire Coronation
• Italy, KM-425, 20 Euro, Gold, Women in Art – Artemisia Gentileschi
• South Africa, KM-679, 500 Rand, Gold, Celebrating South Africa – Nelson Mandela Centenary
• Switzerland, KM-172, 50 Franc, Gold, William Tell
Best Silver Coin (Лучшая серебряная)
• Australia, KM-2874, 8 Dollar, Silver with Color, Antiqued, The ANZAC Spirit – The Hall of Memory
• China, KM-2418, 50 Yuan, Silver, The Art of Chinese Calligraphy
• Djibouti, KM-75, 250 Franc, Silver with Color, Shapes of Africa
• France, KM-2491, 10 Euro, Silver, French Excellence – Boucheron
• Germany, KM-371, 20 Euro, Silver, 800th Anniversary of the Hanseatic City of Rostock
• Great Britain, KM-1600, 5 Pound, Silver, First World War Armistice
• Lithuania, KM-236, 5 Euro, Silver with Color, Rasos Svente
• Mongolia, KM-376, 500 Togrog, Silver with Color, Woodland Spirit – Fox
• New Zealand, KM-401, Dollar, Silver with Color, Manuka Honey Bee, Hexagonal Shape
• Portugal, KM-891a, 5 Euro, Silver, 100 Years of the Armistice
Best Contemporary Event Coin (Лучшая, отображающая современные события)
• Belgium, KM-373, 2 Euro, Bi-Metallic, 50th Anniversary of the First ESRO-2B Satellite Launch
• Canada, KM-2649, 20 Dollar, Silver with Color, Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena – The Falcon Lake Incident
• China, KM-2395, 5 Yuan, Silver, 70th Anniversary of the Issuance of the Renminbi
• Great Britain, KM-1593a, 5 Pound, Silver, 70th Birthday of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales
• Hungary, KM-950, 5,000 Forint, Silver with Color, 75th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize of Gyorgy Hevesy, 1885—1966
• Italy, KM-418, 5 Euro, Silver with Color, 70th Anniversary of the Italian Constitution
• Japan, Y-263, 1,000 Yen, Silver with Color, 50th Anniversary of the Ogasawara Islands Reversion to Japan
• Swaziland, KM-69, 5 Emalangeni, Brass, 50th Anniversary of Independence
• Ukraine, KM-946, 10 Hryvnia, Zinc-Based Alloy, Ukraine’s Armed Forces – Defenders of Donetsk Airport
• United States, KM-680, 1 Dollar, Copper-Zinc-Manganese-Nickel Clad Copper, Native American Dollar – Jim Thorpe
Most Historically Significant (Наиболее исторически значимая)
• Canada: KM-2574, 1 Dollar, Silver, 100th Anniversary of the Armistice of the First World War
• Australia, KM-2861a, 1 Dollar, Silver, Australia’s Convict Era, 1788—1868
• France, KM-2503, 10 Euro, Silver with Color, Great War – Peace
• Germany, KM-372, 20 Euro, Silver, 150th Anniversary of Peter Behrens
• Great Britain, KM-1575, 5 Pound, Silver, First War Centenary – T.E. Lawrence
• Greece, KM-312, 200 Euro, Gold, Greek Culture, Historians – Herodotus
• Ireland, KM-98, 15 Euro, Silver with Color, 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote
• Japan, Y-267, 1,000 Yen, Silver with Color, 100th Anniversary of the Beginning of the Meiji Period
• Tuvalu, KM-406, KM-407, 1 Dollar (each), Silver, Evolution of Industry – Steam and Electricity, Gear-Shaped Two-Coin Set
• United States, KM-682, 1 Dollar, Silver, World War I Centennial
Most Innovative Coin (Самая инновационная)
• Australia, KM-2872, 2 Dollar, Silver, Figure Eight Dragon
• Barbados, KM-101, 100 Dollar, Gold, Rum Coin, Capsule with Drop of 1780 Harwood Rum
• British Virgin Islands, KM-516, 10 Dollar, Silver, Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Coronation – Two • Portraits in Ultra High Relief and Incuse
• Canada, KM-2692, 25 Dollar, Silver, Lest We Forget, Helmet-Shaped
• Fiji, KM-725, 1 Dollar, Silver, Antonio Vivaldi, Playable CD Coin
• Lithuania, KM-237, KM-238, KM-239, KM-240, 5, 10, 20, 50 Euro, 3 Silver, 1 Gold, 100th Anniversary of Restoration of Lithuania’s Independence (4-Coin Set)
• Mongolia, KM-382, 2,000 Tugrik, Silver with Red Rock Finish, Prehistoric Beasts – Velociraptor
• Niue, KM-1570, 5 Dollar, Silver with Rubber, 130 Years of Pneumatic Tires, Spoke Wheel Coin with Rubber Tire
• Palau, KM-597, 20 Dollar, Silver, Gilded, Tutankhamun’s Mask, 3-D, High Relief
• United States, KM-683, 5 Dollar, Gold, Copper/Zinc, Breast Cancer Awareness, Rose Gold
Most Inspirational Coin (Самая вдохновенная)
• Australia, KM-2867, 1 Dollar, Silver with Color, 100th Anniversary of the End of World War I
• Austria, KM-3288, 20 Euro, Silver with Color, 200th Anniversary of Silent Night
• France, KM-2459, 2 Euro, Bimetallic, Simone Veil
• Germany, KM-369, 20 Euro, Silver, 275th Anniversary of Gewandhaus Orchestra
• Great Britain, KM-1600, 5 Pound, Silver, First World War Armistice
• Hungary (Magyar Nemzeti Bank), KM-952, 10,000 Forint, Silver, Year of the Families
• Kyrgyzstan, KM-79, 1 Som, Copper-Nickel with Color, Yurta – Kyrgyz House
• Latvia, KM-198, 5 Euro, Silver with Color, Garden of Destiny
• Republic of Cameroon, KM-140, 3,000 Franc, Silver, 3D Horseshoe, Good Luck
• United States, KM-684, 100 Dollar, Platinum, Preamble to the Declaration of Independence – Life
Из них международное жюри конкурса выбрало лучшие монеты 2018 года в десяти номинациях. Читать полностью »
