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2nd April 2008 | Comments (View)

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The new designs for UK coins released The winning design among 4,000 entries was by 26-year old graphic designer, Matthew Dent. “After exploring a number of different options, Matthew Dent finally developed the heraldic theme, taking the greatest heraldic device ever used on coinage – the Royal Arms. As you can see in the image to the right, the Shield of the Royal Arms has been given a contemporary treatment and its whole has been cleverly split among all six denominations from the 1p to the 50p, with the £1 coin displaying the heraldic element in its entirety. This is the first time that a single design has been used across a range of United Kingdom coins.” Really brilliant and modern splitting a single image across all the coinage. (via kottke.org)

The new designs for UK coins released

The winning design among 4,000 entries was by 26-year old graphic designer, Matthew Dent.

“After exploring a number of different options, Matthew Dent finally developed the heraldic theme, taking the greatest heraldic device ever used on coinage – the Royal Arms.

As you can see in the image to the right, the Shield of the Royal Arms has been given a contemporary treatment and its whole has been cleverly split among all six denominations from the 1p to the 50p, with the £1 coin displaying the heraldic element in its entirety. This is the first time that a single design has been used across a range of United Kingdom coins.”

Really brilliant and modern splitting a single image across all the coinage.

(via kottke.org)