Our Thirty-Sixth Annual Coin of the Year Awards Ceremony took place Feb. 2 in Berlin at the World Money Fair.

From the thousands of coins produced in a year, only a hundred make the cut for nomination.

These 100 are then sorted by category for our Judges Panel to consider. Out of 10 category winners, one is chosen for overall COTY honors.

To open the COTY ceremony this year, we had remarks from both of our sponsors: the World Money Fair, represented by Gitta Künker, Managing Director ofthe World Money Fair Holding GmbH, and Michael Chou, Publisher of the Journal of East Asian Numismatics.

The United States Mint returned to the World Money Fair this year to accept two COTY awards. New director David J. Ryder is a true "coin guy" whoplans to push his staff in innovative ways in years to come. He explained this from the podium as he accepted the award for Best Gold Coin for the 100 DollarGold American Liberty 225th Anniversary coin. Truly gracious in design, this coin stood out for both its unique depiction of Liberty and its classic image ofan eagle in flight. The second award for the United States went to the silver Dollar Boys Town Centennial Commemorative, a perfect design for commemoration,for which it won the Most Inspirational Coin category. Ronald Harrigal, a 30+ year member of the U.S. Mint, joined Ryder at the podium for this acceptance.

Most Inspirational Coin - United States Mint - 1 Dollar, Silver - Boys Town Centennial Commemorative

Most Artistic Coin - Austrian Mint - 50 Euro, Gold - The Vienna Schools of Psychotherapy - Sigmund Freud

Most Innovative Coin - Republic of Palau - 20 Dollars, Silver - Great Micromosaic Passion - Birth of Venus

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