40 participants from 27 countries have been submitted to the "Coin Constellation–2017" contest this year. The organizer of the commemorative coins contest “Coin Constellation-2017” is the Water Mark Publishing House, the publisher of the specialized magazine on coins and medals The Gold Chervonets and the organizer of the International Coin Conference and Exhibition COINS.
Contest nominations:
Unique concept
Successful artistic solution
Original technology
Coin classic
Souvenir coin
Silver coin of the year
Gold coin of the year
Coin of the year
The winners are nominated by the absentee voting of the contest committee members on the basis of the images and descriptions of the coins. The contest committee includes numismatic experts and people of art from different countries. They are representatives of the world famous museums, auctions, numismatic associations, specialized periodicals on coins from different countries etc.
The participants of the Eleventh commemorative coins contest "Coin Constellation-2017": Bank of Russia, Central Bank of Armenia, Bank of Latvia, Bank of Lithuania, National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic, National Bank of Poland, National Bank of the Republic of Belarus, National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan, The National Bank of the Republic of Abkhazia.
The leading mints: Moscow Mint of Goznak (Russia), St. Petersburg Mint of Goznak (Russia), Monnaie de Paris (France), Hungarian Mint, Italian State Mint, Kazakhstan Mint, Royal Spanish Mint, Royal Canadian Mint, Royal Dutch Mint, The Austrian Mint, Mint of Poland, United States Mint, Mint of Finland, Japan Mint, Pobjoy Mint Ltd (Great Britain), ART MINT (France), Helvetic Mint AG (Switzerland), Imprensa Nacional-Casa Da Moeda (Portugal), Royal Australian Mint, Federal Mint Swissmint, Czech Mint.
The companies: Coin Invest Trust (Lichtenstein), Downies (Australia), Moneda Nueva (Spain), Numiartis (Germany), NumisCollect (The Netherlands), Numiscom GmbH & Co. KG (Germany), Power Coin (Italy), Treasures of Oz Pty Ltd (Australia), New Zealand Post, MasterVision Ltd (Russia).
“People’s Choice Award”
The Eleventh “People’s Choice Award” is being nominated by voting online at the official page of the contest at the numismatic portal www.Gold10.ru. Everyone can take part in online voting. Coin with most of the visitors’ votes will receive “People’s Choice Award”. All visitors who vote at the site take part in a special lottery. The lucky ones will get commemorative coins made of precious metals as well as subscriptions for 2018 of specialized magazine about coins The Gold Chervonets Magazine. Also the free subscription will be given to visitors who posted most of the comments while choosing the best coin. The open online voting will be held until 15 September 2017.
The official announcement of the results of the contest and giving out the awards will take place at the Awarding ceremony, which will be held on 22 September 2017 in Moscow at the Eighth International Coin Conference and Exhibition COINS-2017.
Information partners are the Gold Chervonets Magazine, Numismatics Magazine, The The PLUS journal, Publishing and printing house "InterCrim-press”, Biblio-Globus, numismatic company CGB.fr.
Additional information about the commemorative coins contest and the awarding ceremony you can find at the www.Gold10.ru and by phone +7-812-346-50-17. Contest coordinator – Yanina Ivchenko (ivchenko@watermark.ru).