2025 Coin of the Year Awards

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The 42nd Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards were announced at the ANA’s World’s Fair of Money® (WFM) on August 21 in Oklahoma City. Presented by World Coin News and sponsored by The Journal of East Asian Numismatics and the WFM, the competition recognizes and encourages outstanding coin
design and innovation worldwide. 

The COTY Nominating Committee selected 100 finalists (10 coins in 10 categories) from a pool of 550 coins. An international panel of judges then selected the top coin in each category. By a tight margin, the 2025 Coin of the Year was awarded to Austria’s silver 20-euro piece, “Supernova.” Its concave obverse features a colorized depiction of the Crab Nebula, based on an image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. 

The 2024-dated winners in each category are:

MOST HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT COIN—Austria

Silver 20 euro, “Salt Mining—White Gold of Hallstatt”

BEST CONTEMPORARY EVENT COIN—France

Silver 10 euro, “Notre-Dame—Restoration”

BEST GOLD COIN—Vatican

Gold 50 euro, “War & Peace”

BEST SILVER COIN—Latvia

Silver 5 euro, “Cabbage”

BEST CROWN COIN—Malta

Silver 10 euro, “Maltese Bee”

BEST CIRCULATING COIN—France

Nordic gold 50 cents, “Marie Curie”

BEST BIMETALLIC COIN—Austria

Silver-niobium 25 euro, “Edaphon—The Living Soil”

MOST ARTISTIC COIN—Austria

Silver 20 euro, “Supernova”

MOST INNOVATIVE COIN—France

Silver 25 euro, “Notre-Dame—Microchip”

MOST INSPIRATIONAL COIN—Ukraine

Nickel silver 5 hryvnias, “The Country of Superheroes—Medical Workers”