The Awarding Ceremony of «Commemorative Coins Competition at 28th Mints Directors Conference» was held in Mexico in May 14, 2014. Competition Committee nominated Kazakhstani coin «Homeland of apples» as the «Most Beautiful Silver Coin in 2014» by secret voting.

Having investigated a DNA of «wild» apples, Oxford scientists came to a conclusion that Kazakhstan is rightfully considered as a Homeland of apples over the planet. Jointly with scientists of USA they proved that exactly Kazakhstani apples genes underlie in the majority of known grades in the world.