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Krause Publications Presents World Mints with 2008 Coin of the Year Award

By Krause Publications on Feb 4th, 2008 in Coin or Numismatic News, Press Releases and Announcements, Royal Canadian Mint, United States Mint News and Information, World Coins | No Comments 

Royal Canadian Mint president Ian Bennett (right) accepts the award for Most Innovative Coinage Concept. World Coin News editor Dave Harper (left) serves as master of ceremonies.Canada’s destiny was in the stars as it won the 2008 Coin of the Year Award sponsored by World Coin News, a monthly periodical dedicated to collectors of world coins.

A four-piece set of $50 palladium coins showing the Big Bear and Little Bear constellations in changing seasonal positions was voted the winner in the second round of balloting by an international panel of judges. They are KM-672-675 in the Standard Catalog of World Coins identification system.

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