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<p>[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 256562, member: 6229"]<b><u>2007 COIN OF THE YEAR AWARDS</u></b></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Well, after two rounds of voting by an international judging panel, the results are in. Three U.S. coins took top honors in their respective categories!</p><p> </p><p>Before I reveal those coins here's some info about the COTY Awards.</p><p> </p><p>This yearly awards program is sponsored by Krause Publication's <b><i>World Coin News</i></b>, There are ten categories. The first COTY Awards was held in 1984. To be fair to all the world's mints, a two year delay was put into place. So the award program in 1984 was for 1982 minted coins. This year's considerations are coins minted in 2005. (not dated 2005, but struck in 2005).</p><p> </p><p>Before I reveal the ten winners here in 2007, guess which U.S. coin won first place in 1984. Hint: it's a commemorative coin</p><p> </p><p>Here it is compliments of: World Coin Gallery:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/US-50c82&desc=U.S.A.%20Half%20Dollar%20km208%20(1982)%20George%20Washington" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/US-50c82&desc=U.S.A.%20Half%20Dollar%20km208%20(1982)%20George%20Washington" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/US-50c82&desc=U.S.A.%20Half%20Dollar%20km208%20(1982)%20George%20Washington</a></p><p> </p><p>Here's 2007's results.</p><p> </p><p>Top honors for the <b><i>Best Crown </i></b>category is the United States of America <b><i>Marine Corp Silver Dollar</i></b>. </p><p> </p><p>Photo courtesy of :Mount Vernon Coins:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.mtvcoins.com/mtv-2006-commems-moderndollars.cfm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.mtvcoins.com/mtv-2006-commems-moderndollars.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://www.mtvcoins.com/mtv-2006-commems-moderndollars.cfm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There will be a special award presentation to the U.S. Mint at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of </p><p>Money in Milwaukee,Wisconsin slated for August 8, this year.</p><p> </p><p>The second U.S. coin to receive top honors is the 2005 <b><i>Oregon State Quarter </i></b>in the category <b><i>Best Trade Coin</i></b>.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Quarters/display_OR.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Quarters/display_OR.html" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Quarters/display_OR.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>And in the <b><i>Most Popular Coin </i></b>category, the 2005 <b><i>American Bison Five-cent Piece </i></b>was selected by the judges.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/us-5c05a&desc=U.S.A.%20Five%20Cents%20%20km368%20(2005)%20Bison" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/us-5c05a&desc=U.S.A.%20Five%20Cents%20%20km368%20(2005)%20Bison" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/us-5c05a&desc=U.S.A.%20Five%20Cents%20%20km368%20(2005)%20Bison</a></p><p> </p><p>The next coin is a very special issue <b><i>Peace Commemorative</i></b> referred to as the <b><i>Dancing Man Dollar</i></b>.. It is an Australian coin. It received top honors in the category <b><i>Most Innovative Coinage Concept</i></b>. The innovation is: when the coin is turned, the image does a full circle. This coin also won in the category <b><i>Best Contemporary Event</i></b>.</p><p> </p><p>Image courtesy of Coin Page:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4829.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4829.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4829.html</a></p><p>Austria won top honors in the category <b><i>Best Silver Coin</i></b> with it's <b><i>20 Euro S.M.S. St. George</i></b> <b><i>Coin</i></b>. </p><p> </p><p>Image courtesy of Coin Page and the Austrian Mint:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5965.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5965.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5965.html</a></p><p> </p><p>The next winning coin is from The Federal Republic of Germany. The category? <b><i>Best Gold Coin</i></b>. The winning denomination? <b><i>100 Euros</i></b>.<b><i>Wotld Cup Soccer</i></b>. I couldn't locate a photo of the gold coin, but I did locate a 10 Euro silver coin with the same design, obverse and reverse. </p><p> </p><p>Courtesy of World Coin Gallery:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/73-10e05a&desc=Germany%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2005)%20Soccer%20world%20championship%202006" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/73-10e05a&desc=Germany%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2005)%20Soccer%20world%20championship%202006" rel="nofollow">http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/73-10e05a&desc=Germany%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2005)%20Soccer%20world%20championship%202006</a></p><p> </p><p>This winner is also from Germany and is a <b><i>10 Euro Silver</i></b> taking honors in the category <b><i>Most Historically</i></b>.<b><i>Significent Coin. </i></b>Courtesy of Coins and Banknotes:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com/Coins-World/EURO-Coins/Euro-coins-from-GERMANY/GERMANY-10-Euro-2005-silver-1j-UNC-101960.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com/Coins-World/EURO-Coins/Euro-coins-from-GERMANY/GERMANY-10-Euro-2005-silver-1j-UNC-101960.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com/Coins-World/EURO-Coins/Euro-coins-from-GERMANY/GERMANY-10-Euro-2005-silver-1j-UNC-101960.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are two more winners. I couldn't find photos for them, but I'll describe them and give you the KM numbers so you can look them up:</p><p> </p><p>Belarus took top honors for their <b><i>20 Rubles </i></b>coin in the <b><i>Most Artistic Coin</i></b> category. It's Csatalog number is KM 99. It has an ornately decorated Easter Egg on the reverse.</p><p> </p><p>The <b><i>Most Inspirational Coin</i></b> category was won by an <b><i>Israel 2 New Sheqalim</i></b> depicting Moses holding the 10 Commandments. KM 400.</p><p> </p><p>Did you enjoy this trivia?</p><p> </p><p>Clinker</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><font size="2"><br /></font></p><p><font size="2"></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Clinker, post: 256562, member: 6229"][B][U]2007 COIN OF THE YEAR AWARDS[/U][/B] Well, after two rounds of voting by an international judging panel, the results are in. Three U.S. coins took top honors in their respective categories! Before I reveal those coins here's some info about the COTY Awards. This yearly awards program is sponsored by Krause Publication's [B][I]World Coin News[/I][/B], There are ten categories. The first COTY Awards was held in 1984. To be fair to all the world's mints, a two year delay was put into place. So the award program in 1984 was for 1982 minted coins. This year's considerations are coins minted in 2005. (not dated 2005, but struck in 2005). Before I reveal the ten winners here in 2007, guess which U.S. coin won first place in 1984. Hint: it's a commemorative coin Here it is compliments of: World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/US-50c82&desc=U.S.A.%20Half%20Dollar%20km208%20(1982)%20George%20Washington"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img4/US-50c82&desc=U.S.A.%20Half%20Dollar%20km208%20(1982)%20George%20Washington[/URL] Here's 2007's results. Top honors for the [B][I]Best Crown [/I][/B]category is the United States of America [B][I]Marine Corp Silver Dollar[/I][/B]. Photo courtesy of :Mount Vernon Coins: [URL="http://www.mtvcoins.com/mtv-2006-commems-moderndollars.cfm"]http://www.mtvcoins.com/mtv-2006-commems-moderndollars.cfm[/URL] There will be a special award presentation to the U.S. Mint at the American Numismatic Association's World's Fair of Money in Milwaukee,Wisconsin slated for August 8, this year. The second U.S. coin to receive top honors is the 2005 [B][I]Oregon State Quarter [/I][/B]in the category [B][I]Best Trade Coin[/I][/B]. [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Quarters/display_OR.html"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/Quarters/display_OR.html[/URL] And in the [B][I]Most Popular Coin [/I][/B]category, the 2005 [B][I]American Bison Five-cent Piece [/I][/B]was selected by the judges. [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/us-5c05a&desc=U.S.A.%20Five%20Cents%20%20km368%20(2005)%20Bison"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin.php?image=img12/us-5c05a&desc=U.S.A.%20Five%20Cents%20%20km368%20(2005)%20Bison[/URL] The next coin is a very special issue [B][I]Peace Commemorative[/I][/B] referred to as the [B][I]Dancing Man Dollar[/I][/B].. It is an Australian coin. It received top honors in the category [B][I]Most Innovative Coinage Concept[/I][/B]. The innovation is: when the coin is turned, the image does a full circle. This coin also won in the category [B][I]Best Contemporary Event[/I][/B]. Image courtesy of Coin Page: [URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4829.html"]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-4829.html[/URL] Austria won top honors in the category [B][I]Best Silver Coin[/I][/B] with it's [B][I]20 Euro S.M.S. St. George[/I][/B] [B][I]Coin[/I][/B]. Image courtesy of Coin Page and the Austrian Mint: [URL="http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5965.html"]http://www.coinpage.com/coin-image-5965.html[/URL] The next winning coin is from The Federal Republic of Germany. The category? [B][I]Best Gold Coin[/I][/B]. The winning denomination? [B][I]100 Euros[/I][/B].[B][I]Wotld Cup Soccer[/I][/B]. I couldn't locate a photo of the gold coin, but I did locate a 10 Euro silver coin with the same design, obverse and reverse. Courtesy of World Coin Gallery: [URL="http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/73-10e05a&desc=Germany%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2005)%20Soccer%20world%20championship%202006"]http://worldcoingallery.com/countries/coin_ns.php?image=nmc/73-10e05a&desc=Germany%20new%2010%20Euro%20(2005)%20Soccer%20world%20championship%202006[/URL] This winner is also from Germany and is a [B][I]10 Euro Silver[/I][/B] taking honors in the category [B][I]Most Historically[/I][/B].[B][I]Significent Coin. [/I][/B]Courtesy of Coins and Banknotes: [URL="http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com/Coins-World/EURO-Coins/Euro-coins-from-GERMANY/GERMANY-10-Euro-2005-silver-1j-UNC-101960.html"]http://www.coins-and-banknotes.com/Coins-World/EURO-Coins/Euro-coins-from-GERMANY/GERMANY-10-Euro-2005-silver-1j-UNC-101960.html[/URL] There are two more winners. I couldn't find photos for them, but I'll describe them and give you the KM numbers so you can look them up: Belarus took top honors for their [B][I]20 Rubles [/I][/B]coin in the [B][I]Most Artistic Coin[/I][/B] category. It's Csatalog number is KM 99. It has an ornately decorated Easter Egg on the reverse. The [B][I]Most Inspirational Coin[/I][/B] category was won by an [B][I]Israel 2 New Sheqalim[/I][/B] depicting Moses holding the 10 Commandments. KM 400. Did you enjoy this trivia? Clinker [SIZE=2] [/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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