More pretty coins

Mar 07, 2017 19:50

A fun little article by the Royal Mint on their Queen's Beasts series, The Lion of England. Nice sketch there-


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rocket_wolf March 8 2017, 02:38:35 UTC
That's a nice looking lion sketch they have for the coin.

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mondhasen March 8 2017, 03:15:07 UTC
It really is a lovely pose, and the coin they produced from that is outstanding!

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porsupah March 11 2017, 01:10:02 UTC
Canada does get some quite wonderful coins. ^_^ Though, even the UK did see that memorable Beatrix Potter release last year. I move that the Royal Mint replace all current designs with similarly adorable designs. (I suppose Benjamin would have to be on the £5 =:)

Very cool tessellation, too. =:D The designer clearly had fun with that one. ^_^

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mondhasen March 12 2017, 00:49:41 UTC
It's nice to see coins with such images as Peter and Friends! At least our postage stamps carry comic characters occasionally: I still have a book or two of Bugs Bunny like these somewhere here

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