The Designs for the International Coin Design Competition from 2006 to 2010
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 2006 to 2010.
Award-Winning Works of 2006
| Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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| Most Excellent Work | Mr. Robert Kotowicz (POLAND) |
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International Polar Year 2007-2008 |
| Excellent Work | Mr. Mohd. Ubaidillah bin Daud (MALAYSIA) |
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Rhinoceros Hornbill Bird |
| Fine Work | Ms. Magdalena Dobrucka Ms. Anna Beata Wątróbska-Wdowiarska (POLAND) |
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POLISH SCIENCE TO THE WORLD |
| Fine Work | Mr. Volodymyr Taran Mr. Oleksandr Kharuk Mr. Serhiy Kharuk (UKRAINE) |
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Ritual Festivals of Ukraine |
| Fine Work | Ms. Katsumi Tsuritani (JAPAN) |
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Japanese Forest |
| Future Designer | Ms. Aleksandra Stokic (SERBIA) |
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Nikola Tesla |
| Jury’s Special Award | Mr. Ittu Tommy Ittu (NIGERIA) |
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AFFECTION FOR THE INFECTED |
Award-Winning Works of 2007
| Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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| Most Excellent Work | Mr. Xu Yun Fei (CHINA) |
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A Dream From Rose |
| Excellent Work | Ms. Katia Maria de Abreu Dias (BRAZIL) |
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The Amazon |
| Fine Work | Ms. Chiara Principe (ITALY) |
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Kyoto Protocol |
| Fine Work | Mr. Bello Muhammad Nayaya (NIGERIA) |
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Traditional Hausa Architecture |
| Fine Work | Ms. Maria Sosnowska (POLAND) |
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International Year of Planet Earth 2007-2009 POLAND – Tawny owl Strix Aluco Aluco |
| Future Designer | Mr. Yuto Maruyama (JAPAN) |
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Wind God and Thunder God |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Aleksandra Stokic (SERBIA) |
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The Miroslav Gospel |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Siti Hawa Ismail Tan (MALAYSIA) |
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Malaysia’s Celebration of Blooms |
Award-Winning Works of 2008
| Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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| Most Excellent Work | Mr. Volodymyr Taran Mr. Oleksandr Kharuk Mr. Serhiy Kharuk (UKRAINE) |
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One thousand years of coinage in Kyiv |
| Excellent Work | Ms. Aleksandra Stokic (SERBIA) |
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The International Year of Astronomy 2009 |
| Fine Work | Ms. Attika Boubezari (ALGELIA) |
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Desert |
| Fine Work | Mr. Volodymyr Atamanchuk (UKRAINE) |
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The outstanding sculptor Archypenko |
| Fine Work | Mr. Emerson Romney G. Abraham (PHILIPPINES) |
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the Philippine Pangolin |
| Future Designer | Mr. Saiful Haizad Bin Ahamad Jainid (MALAYSIA) |
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Wayang Kulit: Malay Shadow Puppets |
| Jury’s Special Award | Mr. Davide Del Prete (ITALY) |
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The Genji Monogatari |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Natsumi Uekusa (JAPAN) ［Sakushin Gakuen High School］ |
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Time and tide wait for no man |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Aibi Endo (JAPAN) ［Sakushin Gakuen High School］ |
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Moon |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Ayaka Okubo (JAPAN) ［Sakushin Gakuen High School］ |
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Japanesque |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Sumiko Kanayama (JAPAN) ［Sakushin Gakuen High School］ |
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A Night of Story |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Kasumi Fukasawa (JAPAN) ［Sakushin Gakuen High School］ |
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sleep |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Nana Matsushima (JAPAN) ［Yaei High School］ |
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SORA |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ms. Haruka Kamakura (JAPAN) ［Yaei High School］ |
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Universe |
Award-Winning Works of 2009
| Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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| Most Excellent Work | Oleg Gavrizon (ISRAEL) |
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The man and his fish |
| Excellent Work | Minoru Nakajima (JAPAN) |
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The 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth / The 150th anniversary of the theory of evolution |
| Fine Work | Marie Seborova (CZECH REPUBLIC) |
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Alfons Mucha |
| Fine Work | LiLi Fu (CHINA) |
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cantus …… |
| Fine Work | Antonella de Rose (ITALY) |
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IL GIARDINO DELLA MINERVA |
| Future Designer | Djurdjica Horvat (SERBIA) |
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Design of Frula – Serbian Folk Instrument |
| Jury’s Special Award | Baiba Sime (LATVIA) |
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Wind as a resource and beauty |
| Jury’s Special Award | Takumi Nakamura (JAPAN) ［Midorigaoka Art Senior High School］ |
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Toki and Konotori (Japanese crested ibis and oriental white stork) |
| Jury’s Special Award | Srinidhi Chandrasekar (INDIA) ［Lalithkala Academy of Fine Arts Education］ |
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Modern Shakespeare of India |
Award-Winning Works of 2010
| Result | Name | Coin designs | Theme |
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| Most Excellent Work | Shinichi Nakata (JAPAN) |
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Return of the Asteroid Explorer “HAYABUSA” to the Earth |
| Excellent Work | Nataliia Fandikova (UKRAINE) |
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2011 YEAR OF FORESTS |
| Fine Work | Davide Del Prete (ITALY) |
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Katsushika Hokusai |
| Fine Work | Germano Serafino (ITALY) |
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Giuseppe Ravizza |
| Fine Work | Volodymyr Atamanchuk Liudmila Petrovska (UKRAINE) |
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Mykola Gogol |
| Future Designer | Namiko Nagata (JAPAN) |
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Sea |
| Jury’s Special Award | Mohd Jamil bin Mohd Isa (MALAYSIA) |
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The Beauty of Malaysian Carving |
| Jury’s Special Award | Ankan Datta (INDIA) |
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ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD |