Designing change : the art of coin design / edited by Kevin Clancy
2008, First Edition. Llantrisant : Royal Mint. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #393774
ISBN: 9781869917067
Physical description; 112 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. Notes; "This book is published to coincide with the exhibition at the British Museum, Designing change: coins of Elizabeth II, September 2008 to February 2009" -- colophon. Contents; Foreword / His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh -- A frank and open relationship: heraldry and coinage in British history / Clive Cheeseman -- Christopher Ironside and the designs for the decimal coinage / Catherine Eagleton -- Continuity through change: the Royal Mint Advisory Committee / Sir Christopher Frayling -- Making an impression / Matt Dent -- The visual language of coins / Stephen Raw -- Receiving change: reaction to the new designs / Kevin Clancy -- Afterword / Alison Rawsthorn. Subject; Great Britain. Royal Mint. Coin design Great Britain History. Coinage Great Britain History. Art monétaire Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
Price: €12.95