Coin of the Year Voting Goes Public on NumisMaster.com

Iola, WI (November 18, 2007) – For the first time, the general public will be have the ability to cast their votes alongside mint officials, museum curators, medalists, and journalists to determine the “People’s Choice” of the world’s best coinage, when Coin of the Year voting goes live December 1st at NumisMaster.com.

Expert judges from around the world will be deciding the category winners and the Coin of the Year as in the past, but this year the public will be deciding the outcome of a congruent award honoring the ultimate in coinage design.

“For the first time ever, thanks to the Internet, we are opening up the Coin
of the Year decision-making process to public participation,” said World Coin News editor and COTY Master of Ceremonies, Dave Harper.

“We have always cared about what average collectors think about new coin issues, and we here at World Coin News believe this added public element will augment the prestige of the COTY Award,” said Harper.

The contest, which is sponsored by World Coin News, is now in its 25th year of honoring the mints of the world producing the most artistic, historically relevant, and innovative coinage.

Last year’s Coin of the Year winner was the U.S. Mint, for its coin celebrating the 250th Anniversary of the United States Marine Corp. Mints from Germany, Australia, Austria, Belarus, and Israel were also honored with awards. This year’s ceremony will be held at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany during the first weekend in February 2008.

To view this year’s nominees and to cast your vote, visit Numismaster.com on or after December 1st and click on “Contests”.


About Krause Publications

Krause Publications, based in Iola, Wis., is the world's largest publisher of leisure-time periodicals and books on collectibles, sewing and quilting, hunting, and fishing. Chet Krause, a long-time collector of coins, published the first issue of Numismatic News on Oct. 13, 1952, with nearly 1,000 readers. Today, Krause Publications, owned by F+W Publications, offers over 40 periodicals, 10 hobby shows, 750 reference and how-to books, and web properties such as NumisMaster.com, the online coin price database. F+W Publications, an ABRY Partners, LLC company, also operates book clubs, conferences, trade shows, interactive media and education programs.