diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index a9cd525..4352097 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "cw-asset"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "astroport",
  "cosmwasm-std",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e8841b..87dad30 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "cw-asset"
 description = "Helper library for interacting with Cosmos assets (SDK coins and CW20 tokens)"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = ["larry <larry@delphidigital.io>"]
 edition = "2018"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
diff --git a/src/asset.rs b/src/asset.rs
index ffcded3..ffa39aa 100644
--- a/src/asset.rs
+++ b/src/asset.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::fmt;
 
 use cosmwasm_std::{
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ impl AssetUnchecked {
     /// Validate data contained in an _unchecked_ **asset** instnace, return a new _checked_
     /// **asset** instance:
     /// * For CW20 tokens, assert the contract address is valid
-    /// * For SDK coins, assert that the denom is included in a given whitelist; skip if the 
+    /// * For SDK coins, assert that the denom is included in a given whitelist; skip if the
     ///   whitelist is not provided
     ///
     /// ```rust
@@ -140,6 +141,45 @@ impl From<&Coin> for Asset {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<Asset> for Coin {
+    type Error = StdError;
+    fn try_from(asset: Asset) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match &asset.info {
+            AssetInfo::Native(denom) => Ok(Coin {
+                denom: denom.clone(),
+                amount: asset.amount,
+            }),
+            AssetInfo::Cw20(_) => Err(StdError::generic_err(
+                format!("cannot cast asset {} into cosmwasm_std::Coin", asset.to_string())
+            )),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&Asset> for Coin {
+    type Error = StdError;
+    fn try_from(asset: &Asset) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        Coin::try_from(asset.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::cmp::PartialEq<Asset> for Coin {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Asset) -> bool {
+        match &other.info {
+            AssetInfo::Native(denom) => {
+                self.denom == *denom && self.amount == other.amount
+            }
+            AssetInfo::Cw20(_) => false
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl std::cmp::PartialEq<Coin> for Asset {
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Coin) -> bool {
+        other == self
+    }
+}
+
 impl Asset {
     /// Generate a message that sends a CW20 token to the specified recipient with a binary payload
     ///
@@ -346,6 +386,27 @@ mod tests {
         )
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn casting_coin() {
+        let uusd = Asset::native("uusd", 69u128);
+        let uusd_coin = Coin {
+            denom: String::from("uusd"),
+            amount: Uint128::new(69)
+        };
+        assert_eq!(Coin::try_from(&uusd).unwrap(), uusd_coin);
+        assert_eq!(Coin::try_from(uusd).unwrap(), uusd_coin);
+
+        let astro = Asset::cw20(Addr::unchecked("astro_token"), 69u128);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Coin::try_from(&astro), 
+            Err(StdError::generic_err("cannot cast asset cw20:astro_token:69 into cosmwasm_std::Coin"))
+        );
+        assert_eq!(
+            Coin::try_from(astro), 
+            Err(StdError::generic_err("cannot cast asset cw20:astro_token:69 into cosmwasm_std::Coin"))
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn comparing() {
         let uluna1 = Asset::native("uluna", 69u128);
@@ -358,6 +419,27 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(astro == astro.clone(), true);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn comparing_coin() {
+        let uluna = Asset::native("uluna", 69u128);
+        let uusd_1 = Asset::native("uusd", 69u128);
+        let uusd_2 = Asset::native("uusd", 420u128);
+        let uusd_coin = Coin {
+            denom: String::from("uusd"),
+            amount: Uint128::new(69)
+        };
+        let astro = Asset::cw20(Addr::unchecked("astro_token"), 69u128);
+
+        assert_eq!(uluna == uusd_coin, false);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_coin == uluna, false);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_1 == uusd_coin, true);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_coin == uusd_1, true);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_2 == uusd_coin, false);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_coin == uusd_2, false);
+        assert_eq!(astro == uusd_coin, false);
+        assert_eq!(uusd_coin == astro, false);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn displaying() {
         let asset = Asset::native("uusd", 69420u128);