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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Maxfli, post: 3609521, member: 69089&quot;]I guess I&#039;d want to make the distinction between non-circulating commemoratives and circulating business strikes.</p><p><br /></p><p>By all rights, limited edition commems should represent the highest expression of the coin-making art, and as such should snag the majority of those &quot;coin of the year&quot; designations you mentioned.</p><p><br /></p><p>But to me, that seems like...yawn...low-hanging fruit. If you can&#039;t make a great looking commem, even in this day and age, hang it up.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;d find the discussion more interesting if it were focused on everyday modern circulation coinage, because — working with today&#039;s materials and contending with today&#039;s cost constraints — that&#039;s where the real challenge is.</p><p><br /></p><p>So with that said, I&#039;d offer the Czech 50 Korun for consideration. I received a few of these in change two years ago during a visit to Prague. I had no prior knowledge of the coin (bi-metallic, 27.5mm), so it took me totally by surprise. The photo (obviously not mine) doesn&#039;t do it justice.</p><p><br /></p><p>And it begs the question: if little Czechia can make coins this interesting, why can&#039;t we?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://i.imgur.com/zg4fOHK.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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