U.S. Mint Receives Five Coin of the Year Nominations
This global pandemic we are finding ourselves living through has put a damper on many things. But, the annual Coin of the Year Awards is not one of them.
The nomination process for the 2021 Coin of the Year Awards did look a bit different this year, as travel restrictions and social distancing guidelines did not allow the nomination committee to meet in person. Despite that, the committee came together virtually on November 3, 2020, to consider 400 coin nominees curated by more than 45 issuing entities from around the world. In the end, 100 nominees – 10 coins in each of 10 award categories – emerged.
“Our COTY Nominating Committee traditionally has met in person to review and nominate coins from a large printed catalog of potential candidates,” explained Tom Michael, COTY coordinator. “The pandemic made that impossible in 2020, so our team created digital files, devised a two-step
