Vote for Coin of the Year (COTY Award)
Wednesday December 19, 2007
The Coin of the Year (COTY) awards are one of the most prestigious accolades a coin designer or national mint can be honored with. Sponsored by Krause Publications and World Coin News, the COTY awards in 2008 will be celebrating 25 years of recognizing the finest coins in the world issued every year.
The coins which will be recognized at the next COTY awards event were minted in 2006. The COTY lags so far behind because 25 years ago when it was begun, technology wasn't what it is today, and actual printed coin photographs had to be mailed back and forth among the more than 50 judges, so the contest took many months just for the voting phase (not to mention nominations, back-end administration, etc.) Plus, print publishers who covered the event often had 2-3 month lead times. All told, it meant that the coins minted until, say, Dec. 31 of 1981 would start being considered in early 1982 and by the time the whole process was done and awards were handed out, we're into 1983 already! Fast forward 25 years and you have the organizers of the contest, World Coin News and Krause Publications, trying to jump ahead a few months each year to get the contest onto a more normal track for today's technological capabilities.
The judging panel consists of more than 50 leading experts in minting technology, banking and coin distribution, numismatic journalism, and coin collectors/dealers. The coins for the People's Choice Award were nominated by the general public during a nomination period that ended November 15th. The nominated coins were sent to the judging panel, where the judges determined the top vote-getters and established the 12 finalists. Now it's time for you to let your voice be heard for this prestigious award. Voting will be open until December 31, 2207 but why wait? Cast your vote now for the COTY People's Choice award! (Note: In order to vote, you'll need to find the ballot on the voting page linked below; it's near the right-center of the page a little ways down (you may need to scroll to see it.))
The coins which will be recognized at the next COTY awards event were minted in 2006. The COTY lags so far behind because 25 years ago when it was begun, technology wasn't what it is today, and actual printed coin photographs had to be mailed back and forth among the more than 50 judges, so the contest took many months just for the voting phase (not to mention nominations, back-end administration, etc.) Plus, print publishers who covered the event often had 2-3 month lead times. All told, it meant that the coins minted until, say, Dec. 31 of 1981 would start being considered in early 1982 and by the time the whole process was done and awards were handed out, we're into 1983 already! Fast forward 25 years and you have the organizers of the contest, World Coin News and Krause Publications, trying to jump ahead a few months each year to get the contest onto a more normal track for today's technological capabilities.
The judging panel consists of more than 50 leading experts in minting technology, banking and coin distribution, numismatic journalism, and coin collectors/dealers. The coins for the People's Choice Award were nominated by the general public during a nomination period that ended November 15th. The nominated coins were sent to the judging panel, where the judges determined the top vote-getters and established the 12 finalists. Now it's time for you to let your voice be heard for this prestigious award. Voting will be open until December 31, 2207 but why wait? Cast your vote now for the COTY People's Choice award! (Note: In order to vote, you'll need to find the ballot on the voting page linked below; it's near the right-center of the page a little ways down (you may need to scroll to see it.))
Comments
Take a look at the results: Hungary 70%, poland 30%, everyone else less than one percent. I voted for Canada. Methinks someone is stuffing the ballot box. Just goes to show, you try to get public input, and some jerks with nothing better to do muck up the system.
I voted for Poland. Don’t know what’s so great about Austria’s.
I mean I don’t know what’s so great about Hungary’s. (Austria was on my mind because I almost voted for it.)