June 28, 2018 – Japan Mint has announced the winners of the International Coin Design Competition (ICDC) 2017. Every year Japan Mint holds the ICDC with the objective of encouraging creativity and enhancing the artistry of coin designs. The hope is that this competition will lead to the discovery of many excellent works, looking forward to the artists’ creative, artistic and beautiful coin designs.
There are two categories, a general one and one for students only. In addition there is a Jury’s Special Award open to participants in both categories.
In the International Coin Design Competition 2017, the Mint received 71 works from 18 countries for the “General category”, and 172 works from 4 countries for the “Student category”. These are the results of the final judgement:
Most Excellent Work: “Communication of generation” by Sachenok Anastassiya Mikhaylovna.
General
Most Excellent Work
Anastassiya Sachenok Mikhaylovna (Kazhakstan): Communication of generation
Excellent Work: “Cut-out art” by Grazyna Jolanta Lindau.
Excellent Work
Grazyna Jolanta Lindau (Switzerland): Cut-out art
Fine Work: “Ajanta – The Mysterious Beauty” by Swapnali Chandrakant Koyande.
Fine Works
Swapnali Chandrakant Koyande (India): Ajanta – The Mysterious Beauty
Fine Work: “Fortuna – Imperatrix Mundi” by Dmitry Fedorov.
Dmitry Fedorov (Russia): Fortuna – Imperatrix Mundi
Fine Work: “Once upon a time – right to imagination” by Maria Anna Frisone.
Maria Anna Frisone (Italy): Once upon a time… right to imagination
Future Designer: “Japan Auspicious” by Yuri Kitamura.
Student
Future Designer
Yuri Kitamura (Japan): Japan Auspicious
Jury’s Special Award: “The Wild Goose” by Kanta Satou.
Jury’s Special Award
Kanta Satou (Japan): The Wild Goose
Jury’s Special Award: “Nuragic Sardinia” by Sandra Deiana.
Sandra Deiana (Italy): Nuragic Sardinia
All details about the entry information, prize money and categories are available on the Japan Mint website.