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2015 COIN OF THE YEAR NOMINEESKrause Publications has announced the nominees for the 2015 Coin of the Year
award. Here's an excerpt from the press release. -Editor
Krause Publications, a leading producer of coin and paper money books, magazines, events and online products, has announced the 94 nominees for the 2015 Coin of the Year awards. Each year, the awards honor the best in coin design from around the world. The awards will be presented during a ceremony Jan. 31, 2015, at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany. The coins nominated for this year's awards were released in 2013, and represent the highest achievement in theme, design and marketing from mints and central banks from around the world. A panel of judges who are authors, editors and numismatists, as well as members of the American Numismatic Association and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee, met Oct. 3 in Iola, Wis., to choose the following nominees from hundreds received from around the world. These nominees will now be reviewed by an international panel of 80 judges comprised of mint and museum officials, journalists and individual experts. They will choose a winner in each of 10 individual categories. A second round of balloting will select the Coin of the Year from among the category winners. This year, World Coin News is also giving the public a chance to see if their selections match the judges' choices. Though the public input will have no impact on the actual winners, the public will have the satisfaction of knowing whether they agree or disagree with the judges' results. The public can vote online here: http://svy.mk/1nMTHPp Many thanks to Krause for making images of the coins readily available this year.
The public ballot is a great addition. I think there ought to be an additional "People's
Choice" sort of award to recognize the public's interest. Here are some of the designs I
voted for. What are your favorites, and why? -Editor
Most Artistic Coin Fiji — Malachite Room ~ Hermitage: 10 Dollars, Silver [KM# 366]
 Australia — Land Down Under ~ Surfing: 1 Dollar, Silver [KM# 2051]
 New Zealand — Maori Art: 1 Dollar, Silver [KM# 373]
 Gold Coins Italy — Botticelli's Personification of Spring: 20 Euro, Gold [KM# 365]
 Austria — Klimt & His Women ~ The Expectation: 50 Euro, Gold [KM# 3218]
![Austria — Klimt His Women ~ The Expectation 50 Euro, Gold [KM# 3218]](https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3956/15660712926_620d7248e7_n.jpg) Great Britain — Benjamin Britten ~ 100th Anniversary of Birth: 50 Pence, Gold [KM# 1253b]
 INSPIRATIONAL Coins France — Dove & Peace in Various Languages: 250 Euro, Gold [KM# 1764]
 Australia — ANZAC Day ~ Engineers: 1 Dollar, Aluminum-Bronze [KM# 2045]
 Canada — Grandfather & Grandson Fishing: 3 Dollars, Silver [KM# 1485]
 Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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