Nominations Open for Excellence in Currency Awards for Coins

Nominations will be open on 8 June for the 16th round of the ‘Excellence in Currency: 2022 Coin Awards’, run by IACA (the International Association of Currency Affairs) and sponsored by Currency News.

The awards will be presented at a special ceremony during the Coin Conference, and comprise three categories:

• Best New Commemorative or Test Circulating Coin Issued at Face Value.

• Best New Coin Product, Feature, or Distribution Innovation.

• Best New Environmental Sustainability Project for Coins.

Projects of any issuer of coins, central bank or ministry of finance, mint, organisation or individual supplying products, services or systems for coin production, distribution, processing or management are eligible for nomination in the appropriate categories. Self-nomination by such organisations is allowable and encouraged.

Nominations in all categories are limited to the eligibility period from 1 January 2020 through 31 May 2022. All projects must have been issued or completed during this period.

IACA will accept nominations from 8 June through to 5 August. Nominations must be submitted through IACA’s award site – currencyaffairs.awardsplatform.com.

IACA’s ‘Guidelines for IACA’s Excellence in Currency Awards and the Coin Award Criteria’ can be found on the IACA website. The guidelines were developed to provide transparency and offer guidance on IACA’s criteria, and nominations that reflect those criteria and follow the guidelines will have the best chance of success.

Judges for the awards include Maarten Brouwer (Business Consultant, former CEO of the Royal Dutch Mint and Secretary General of the MDC), Jon Cameron (Cameron Associates and formerly with the US Mint, BEP, and Federal Reserve), Brian Lang (Vice President of IACA and former Head of Currency at the RBNZ), Richard Wall (Chairman of IACA and former MD of Currency, Bank of Canada), Lydia Yip (advisor to central banks and former Head of Currency at the HKMA), and Astrid Mitchell (Editor of Currency News).

The guidelines can be downloaded at www.currencyaffairs.com.