Italy has won the 2017 Coin of the Year Award. It will be given the trophy Feb. 4 at the World Money Fair in Berlin. An international panel of judges selected the country’s silver 10 euro issued to mark 70 Years of Peace in Europe. This coin and all coins in the competition are dated 2015.

The 10 euro also will claim the title of Most Artistic Coin in the annual COTY competition sponsored by World Coin News, the World Money Fair and the Journal of East Asian Numismatics. “Most Artistic Coin” is one of 10 categories in which coins compete for the top honor. Winners of the 10 categories were announced in the Jan. 3 issue of Numismatic News and the January issue of World Coin News. Trophies for all 10 will also be given Feb. 4.