The International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA) is delighted to announce that the Winners for the 2022 Excellence in Currency Awards for COIN which were announced Wednesday, October 18, 2022 at the Coin Conference in Amsterdam.
For Best New Coin Product, Feature or Distribution Innovation:
The WINNER is :
- National Bank of Poland for their Self-Service Coin Deposit Devices
Finalists for this category are:
- Royal Canadian Mint for their Security Test Token Set
- Japan Mint for the New 500 Yen Coin
For the Best New Commemorative or Test Circulation Coin
The WINNER is:
- Central Bank of Barbados & Royal Canadian Mint for the $1 Glow-in-the-Dark Flying Fish Coin celebrating the essential workers
Finalists for this category are:
- South African Mint & South African Reserve Bank for the 5 Rand Coin celebrating the Centenary of SARB
- Monnaie de Paris for the Silver €100 celebrating the 20 year anniversary of the Euro
For Best New Environmental Sustainability Project for Coins
The WINNER is:
- Royal Dutch Mint for the The Dutch Vault
Finalists in this category are:
- INORCOAT & the Croation Mint for the New Green PVD coating technology for coining dies
- Monnaie de Paris for the 200€ 1 oz Gold Proof Peace Project
Congratulations to our winners and finalists for these tremendous projects!!
IACA gives thanks to Currency News who sponsored the Awards, our Judging Committee as seen below and of course the IACA members who cast their votes for our Winners.
Our judging Committee:
Maarten Brouwer, Business Consultant; formerly CEO of Royal Dutch Mint and Sec. Gen. of MDC
Jon Cameron, Consultant, Cameron Associates LLC; formerly with the US Mint, BEP, and Federal Reserve
Brian Lang, VP IACA and former Head of Currency, RBNZ
Astrid Mitchell, Chief Executive, Reconnaissance International
Richard Wall, Chairman of IACA; former MD of Currency, Bank of Canada
Lydia Yip, Advisor to Central Banks; former Head of Currency, HKMA
For Information please contact: Sybil Baxter, IACA Administrator, sbaxter@currencyaffairs.org
IACA Members can Congratulate our winners by logging in and making a comment here.
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