The Designs for the International Coin Design Competition from 2016 to 2020
Japan Mint has hold the International Coin Design Competition in order to encourage coin designers around the world in their creative activities and enhance the artistry of their coin designs.
We would like to introduce beautiful coin designs selected “Most excellent work”, “Excellent work” and so on from 2016 to 2020.
Award-Winning Works of 2016
Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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Most Excellent Work | Zhong Chengxin (CHINA) |
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LOST HOME |
Excellent Work | Prasad Subhash Talekar (INDIA) |
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Khajuraho the temple of love |
Fine Work | Atish Prabhakar Manchekar (INDIA) |
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INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE |
Fine Work | Helmut Andexlinger (AUSTRIA) |
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The Magic Flute |
Fine Work | Daniela Fusco (ITALY) |
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The String of Fantasy |
Future Designer | Natsumi Nakaminato (JAPAN) [Tokyo Metropolitan KOGEI High School] |
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Arrival |
Jury’s Special Award | Mária Poldaufová (SLOVAKIA) |
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Auguste Rodin |
Jury’s Special Award | Cristina De Giorgi (ITALY) |
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Memorial Coin for 150th Birth Anniversary of Vassily Kandinsky |
Jury’s Special Award | Kuts Maryna Vasylivna (UKRAINA) |
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Alice in Wonderland |
Award-Winning Works of 2017
Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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Most Excellent Work | Sachenok Anastassiya Mikhaylovna (KAZAKHSTAN) |
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Communication of generation |
Excellent Work | Grazyna Jolanta Lindau (SWITZERLAND) |
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Cut -out art |
Fine Work | Swapnali Chandrakant Koyande (INDIA) |
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AJANTA – The Mysterious Beauty |
Fine Work | Dmitry Fedorov (RUSSIA) |
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Fortuna – Imperatrix Mundi |
Fine Work | Frisone Maria Anna (ITALY) |
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Once upon a time・・・right to imagination |
Future Designer | Yuri Kitamura (JAPAN) [Kyoto University of Art and Design] |
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Japan Auspicious |
Jury’s Special Award | Kanta Satou (JAPAN) [Tokyo Metropolitan KOGEI High School] |
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The Wild Goose |
Jury’s Special Award | Sandra Deiana (ITALY) |
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NURAGIC SARDINIA |
Award-Winning Works of 2018
Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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Most Excellent Work | Paulina Kotowicz Robert Kotowicz (POLAND) |
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200th ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF STANISLAW MONIUSZKO 1819-1872 |
Excellent Work | Oleg Gavrizon (ISRAEL) |
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Memories of schooldays. |
Fine Work | Sergii Kharuk Oleksandr Kharuk Volodymyr Taran (UKRAINE) |
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SOURCE OF KNOWLEDGE |
Fine Work | José Carlos Braga Cabral de Menezes (BRAZIL) |
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Capoeira |
Fine Work | Atsuko Kaifu (JAPAN) |
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someday |
Jury’s Special Award | Eleonora Mita (ITALY) |
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The Geometry of Nature |
Jury’s Special Award | Konyrbayev Yeldar Yerlanovich (KAZAKHSTAN) |
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Save the nature |
Jury’s Special Award | Rupal Maruti Sawant (INDIA) |
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Great Indian Warrior Chatrapati Shiwaji Maharaj |
Jury’s Special Award | Tomomi Tsuchiya (JAPAN) [Tokyo Metropolitan KOGEI High School |
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Nature |
Award-Winning Works of 2019
Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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Most Excellent Work | Nataliia Fandikova (UKRAINE) |
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Oh, the bird flew… |
Excellent Work | Lucrezia Delfini (ITALY) |
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Yosemite – National Park |
Fine Work | Sergii Kharuk Oleksandr Kharuk Volodymyr Taran (UKRAINE) |
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DO NOT DESTROY |
Fine Work | Robert Kotowicz (POLAND) |
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75th ANNIVERSARY OF THE LIBERATION OF AUSCHWITZ |
Fine Work | Sebastian Mikolajczak (POLAND) |
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Fishing |
Future Designer | HIGASHI Miki (JAPAN) [Kagoshima Prefectural Shoyo High School] |
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Fade with time |
Jury’s Special Award | OKURA Chihiro (JAPAN) [Tokyo Metropolitan KOGEI High School] |
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To be continued |
Award-Winning Works of 2020
Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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Most Excellent Work | NAKATA Shinichi (JAPAN) |
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From the end of the crisis to the future of hope |
Excellent Work | Robert Kotowicz (POLAND) |
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150th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOVEL “ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS” |
Fine Work | Petri Neuvonen (FINLAND) |
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Sherlock & Moriarty |
Fine Work | Arianna Cicconi (ITALY) |
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FLORAL BEAUTY |
Fine Work | KAIFU Atsuko (JAPAN) |
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Life in the forest |
Future Designer | KATAYAMA Honami (JAPAN) [Osaka City Kogei High School] |
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The Earth |
Jury’s Special Award | SUGISAWA Yu (JAPAN) [Sapporo Otani High School] |
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Rainy day coin |
Jury’s Special Award | YAMADA Nonoka (JAPAN) [Tokyo Metropolitan KOGEI High School] |
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The northernmost world |
Jury’s Special Award | Emelin Alexandr (RUSSIA) [Sharonov Academy of Jewelry] |
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IN THE BEGINNING THERE A WORD |