The Coin of the Year Award for 2009 has been won by Mongolia for a silver 500-tugrik coin that depicts a wolverine with diamond eyes. An international panel made the selection in a second round of balloting that concluded in mid-January. The judges chose from among the winners of 10 categories determined by their first round of voting.
The award will be presented February 7 in a special ceremony at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany, by David C. Harper on behalf of World Coin News, sponsor of the award and a sister publication to Numismatic News.
"The judges had to be drawn to the eyes of the wolverine. They are quite compelling," Harper said about the Mongolian coin.
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