Austria Scoops Top Coin of the Year Award

The Coin of the Year (COTY) Awards have been held every year since 1984, with a panel of judges nominating ten coins in each of the ten award categories. This year the judges narrowed the long list of 550 nominated coins down to the 100 finalists, with a subsequent panel of international judges reviewing the nominees and selecting the category winners.

The winners of the most recent edition of the annual COTY Awards were announced at the 2025 World’s Fair of Money®, held in Oklahoma City mid-August. This year marks the third year that the COTY ceremony has been held in conjunction with the American Numismatic Association’s World’s Fair of Money.

In a tight race, the Austrian Mint scooped the top prize of Coin of the Year with its €20 silver coin titled ‘Supernova’ – which also won the Most Artistic Coin category. This marks Austria’s sixth Coin of the Year award (winning in 2000, 2004, 2015, 2022, and 2023 for 2022-dated coins).