4th April 2008
Keep the change
A good reason not to move entirely to virtual money…
I thought the six coins could make up a shield by arranging the coins both horizontally, as with the landscape idea, as well as vertically, in a sort of jigsaw style. I liked the idea and symbolism of using the Royal Arms, where individually the coins could focus on specific elements and when placed together they reveal the complete Royal Arms.
I found the idea that members of the public could interact with the coins the most exciting aspect of this concept. It’s easy to imagine the coins pushed around a school classroom table or fumbled around with on a bar - being pieced together as a jigsaw and just having fun with them.
Mathew Dent, winning designer of the new Royal Mint coins, explaining his brilliant thinking.
Posted by Nic Price at 1:46 pm on 4th April 2008
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