Archive – Honours and Awards
COIN OF THE YEAR 2008 – winners of the 2010 COTY Award drawn
Each year the US-American journal World Coin News awards the COTY Award celebrating the year’s best coins... [ more ]
IOC Honorary member Professor Walther Tröger receives World Money Fair Award 2010
Prof. Walther Tröger has been awarded during the 15th World Olympic Collectors’ Fair at the German Sport and Olympic Museum Cologne with the prestigious World Money Fair award... [ more ]
Swissmint Awarded Otto Paul Wenger Prize
The prestigious Otto Paul Wenger Prize was awarded to “swissmint” by the Association of Swiss Professional Numismatists. [ more ]
Krause Publications Announces Coin of the Year Award Winners?
The international panel of more than 60 judges has selected the winners. Voting for the coin of the Year, as well as the People’s Choice award will begin shortly... [ more ]
Coty 2011 – this time featuring pictures
Krause has announced the winners. By now, we can show you pictures of all coins. There is also one change to communicate... [ more ]
Hungary has won the COTY People’s Choice Award for an incredible fourth time
Since the existence of this category no other country has ever won this award. In 2011 Hungary remains People’s Choice... [ more ]
ANS confers Huntington Medal Award to Bernd Kluge
In recognition of his significant contributions to the field of numismatics Bernd Kluge will receive the Huntington Medal Award 2009 on March 24, 2011... [ more ]
The International Coin Design Competition 2010
Since 1998, Japan Mint has invited coin designs from all over the world to the International Coin Design Competition (ICDC). Now the winners of the competition 2010 are chosen... [ more ]
University of Vienna awarded Otto Paul Wenger Prize
The prestigious Otto Paul Wenger Prize was awarded to the Institute for Numismatics and Monetary History of the University of Vienna by the Association of Swiss Professional Numismatists. Of special merit are the Institute’s publications... [ more ]
American Numismatic Society Announces 2012 Gala Honorees
The American Numismatic Society announces the honorees for the 2012 Dinner Gala: Harlan J. Berk and Frederic G. Withington. Mr. Berk and Mr. Withington will be honored on Thursday, January 5th, 2012 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City... [ more ]
Krause Publications Announces Coin of the Year Nominees
Krause Publications has announced the nominees for the 2012 Coin of the Year awards. The awards honor the best in coin design and manufacturing from around the world and will be presented during a ceremony taking place at the World Money Fair in Berlin... [ more ]
Krause Publications Announces 2012 Coin of the Year Winners
Krause Publications has announced the winners of its 2012 Coin of the Year Awards. Voting for the People’s Choice Award is still open. The 2012 COTY Awards will be given February 4, 2012, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany... [ more ]
Voting Opens for 2012 People’s Choice Coin of the Year Award
Voting is now open for the People’s Choice Coin of the Year Awards, sponsored by Krause Publications and NumisMaster.com. Everybody is invited to participate and give his or her vote! [ more ]
“Jonah In the Whale” Named Coin of the Year
A 2-New Sheqalim coin from the Bank of Israel has been named Coin of the Year by Krause Publications. The “Jonah In the Whale” silver coin was chosen the best of 10 individual category winners for coins minted in 2010 by an international panel of coin experts. [ more ]
“Ancient British Coins” wins RNS award
The authors of Ancient British Coins - Elizabeth Cottam, Philip de Jersey, Chris Rudd, John Sills – have been awarded the Lhotka Prize by the Royal Numismatic Society. [ more ]
Think tank in Liechtenstein
Since decades the Coin Invest Trust in Balzers, Liechtenstein, takes the market by surprise with innovative coins till then unimmaginable. For these products the company has received many prestigious awards. Only recently it was awarded with the prize for the most innovative coin of the “Coin of the Year” Award in Berlin. [ more ]
International Coin Design Competition (ICDC)
In their International Coin Design Competition 2011 the Japan Mint received 127 works from 16 countries for the General Category and 174 works from 7 countries for the Student Category. And here are the winners. [ more ]
International Coin Design Competition 2012
To encourage creativity and enhance the artistry of coin designs the Japan Mint will hold the International Coin Design Competition 2012. Besides the student section there is a general section open to any interested person. The entry period is going to begin on June 1, 2012. [ more ]
IADAA Member Jerome M. Eisenberg Honored by the President of Italy
Jerome Eisenberg was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy. He was decorated due to his commitment as journalist founding and publishing Minerva and due to his effort to promote the ethical acquisition of antiquities. [ more ]
Ursula Kampmann received Otto-Paul-Wenger Award
On June 29, 2012 numismatist and CoinsWeekly publisher Ursula Kampmann has received the prestigious Otto-Paul-Wenger Award. By that prize the Association of Swiss Professional Numismatists honours those who are particularly engaged in propagating numismatics. [ more ]
Quadrennial award of Royal Belgian Numismatic Society
The Royal Belgian Numismatic Society has been granting an award every four years since 1981. Authors of numismatic works in the largest sense possible may submit papers until October 1, 2013. Read the complete conditions here. [ more ]
Dutch coin is Coin of the Year 2013
After the announcement of the winners in the various categories of the Coin of the Year Award the jury has announced as well the overall coin of the year: a Dutch coin featuring a QR barcode. [ more ]
David Dykes awarded the BNS North Book prize for 2012
The British Numismatic Society’ North book prize was awarded to Dr David Dykes for his volume on Currency and Coinage in Eighteenth-Century Britain: the Provincial Coinage. The Sanford Saltus Medal was awarded to Dr Martin Allen. [ more ]
Kushnir-Stein Receives Meshorer Numismatic Prize
Prof. Alla Kushnir-Stein was awarded the 2013 Ya’akov Meshorer Numismatic Prize at a ceremony and reception in her honor at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, on January 15th. She is the fourth recipient of this award. [ more ]
American Numismatic Society 2013 Annual Gala a Success
The American Numismatic Society held its 2013 Annual Gala event on 10 January honoring Roger Siboni, who retired as ANS President in October 2012, as well as Richard B. Witschonke and Rosemary Lazenby. [ more ]
Hubert Lanz receives World Money Fair Award
On February 1, 2013 Hubert Lanz received the World Money Fair Award for his numismatic merits. Rarely a single person has done more for coin collecting in Germany and Europe. Since years Hubert Lanz is fighting for the right of every European to collect coins. [ more ]
2012 and 2013 Huntington Awards for excellence in numismatic scholarship
The American Numismatic Society announces Dr. Ioannis Touratsoglou and Prof. Olivier Picard as the respective recipients of the 2012 and 2013 Archer M. Huntington Awards. [ more ]