Voting Open for People’s Choice Coin of the Year Awards

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 22, 2009 -- IOLA, Wis. (Dec. 23, 2009) – Voting is now open for the People’s Choice Coin of the Year Awards, sponsored by Krause Publications’ NumisMaster.

Twenty of the most innovative, creative, beautiful and popular coins issued in 2008 by mints worldwide are up for election by coin lovers from around the globe. Hosted at www.numismaster.com, the People’s Choice nominees are:

-Latvia, 1 Lats silver, 90th anniversary of statehood
-Hungary, 5,000 Forint gold, Tokaj wine region
-China, 10 Yuan silver, Panda 1-ounce silver

-Germany, 10 Euro silver, Max Plank
-Perth Mint, 1 ounce silver
-Royal Australian Mint, 1 dollar silver, Kangaroo proof
-United States, 25 cents, Alaska state quarter
-Poland, 20 Zlotych silver, 65th anniversary of Warsaw ghetto uprising
-Belarus, 20 Roubles gold, house warming
-Canada, 25 dollars silver, Vancouver Olympics colorized bobsled
-Lithuania, 100 Litas gold, millennium of name of Lithuania
-Pobjoy Mint, 2 pounds silver, oldest reigning monarch
-Italy, 10 Euro silver, 500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio

-Austria, 5 Euro silver, 100th birthday of Herbert von Karajan
-Denmark, 20 Kroner gold, Sea stallion from Glendalough
-Japan, 500 Yen nickel-brass, centenary of the Japanese Immigration to Brazil
-Finland, 10 Euro silver, Flag of Finland
-United Kingdorm, 2 pounds gold, London Olympics centenary
-Israel, 10 Sheqalim gold, 60th anniversary of Independence Day
-South Africa, 25 Rand gold, Gandhi

Voting will take place at http://www.numismaster.com/ta/inside_numis.jsp?page=Coty2009, and will run through January 10. Winners of the People’s Choice Awards, and other Coin of the Year winners, will be announced at the World Money Fair in Berlin, Germany, on January 30.

About Krause Publications

Krause Publications, based in Iola, Wis., is the world's largest publisher of leisure-time periodicals and books on collectibles, sewing and quilting, hunting, and construction. Chet Krause, a long-time collector of coins, published the first issue of Numismatic News on Oct. 13, 1952, with nearly 1,000 readers. Today, Krause Publications, owned by F+W Media, offers more than 40 periodicals, hobby shows, 750 reference and how-to books, and web properties such as NumisMaster.com, the online coin price database. F+W Media, an ABRY Partners, LLC company, also operates conferences, trade shows, interactive media and educational programs.

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