New Coins Celebrate Innovation of Cataract Surgery
THE FANTASTIC DESIGN work exhibited in the South African Mint’s coin series highlighting South African Inventions earned the mint a Coin of the Year award in 2019 for their coin set honoring the 50th Anniversary of the World’s first Heart Transplant. I recall our COTY nominating committee debating at length which category this coin should be nominated in; Most Artistic or Best Contemporary Event. In the end we chose Best Contemporary Event for placement; but artistic, I can assure you the series is
