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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Mostly Illustrator with some Photoshop thrown in.
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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NJBob - I like your design, but I cant help but feel like the token would be mistaken for another group...  And I did some latin - that my friend is closer to 'Joy and Learning' - literally, 'Joy and I Glean'. this probably arrises from a spelling mistake - GAVDIO ET COLLIGENDIS is 'joy and collecting'. And the romans - in their silly ways - had yet to discover the mysterious 'U' - so its rendered V. But I think it looks better here with the you - wouldnt look right in a modern script to have a random V. My latin is pretty abyssmal but I think the closest to 'Joy of Collecting' would be GAVDIO COLLIGENDIS. Edited by Ben
03/13/2013 4:35 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BenByfield, very nice, but what I was really inspired by was:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Obverse  Reverse  Done with "PAINT" free handed. OK, so graphic design is not my strong suit. |
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Pillar of the Community
  United States
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Obv idea again using windows paint  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
I tell you what - straight lines and lots of them look great on coins. The wheelchair rugby 50p coin from the london 2012 games set has a great lustre to it. I might try that out in paint.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Another Obv idea for you guys to play around with Again limited by windows paint.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Okay, I mocked this up. the vertical lines give a shine when the token is turned over which is a lovely effect - the clasped hands would be on level with the edge - a symbol of agreement and unity - the legend is CONCORDIA on the original roman coins. The staff is a caduceus - its a symbol of commerce and negotiation. The edge would be raised and the lettering incuse - like the modern 20p coin in england. This would mean the lettering wouldnt wear off. 'IPSA SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST' means 'Knowledge itself is power'. Theres better latin phrases - but they were all too short.  The idea here was education, unity, history and a nice irridescence to the coin which will make it really appealing in hand and highlight the main design aspect. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BenByfield do you intend this for the obverse or the reverse?
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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
4208 Posts |
Well, the edge design is more an obverse kind of thing and the main design is for reverse so id say reverse. I suppose it would work better with a bust (Forum Dad?) in the middle bit..perhaps make the concordia bit the reverse with a different legend. I dont really know of any busts which would work out though. Wouldve had to put a placeholder in.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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There is not limit to the amount of entries you may produce. The only limiting factor is the time you have available for this. I look forward to seeing many variations of your design. Pictures of dad may be found on the forum should you desire to go that route. but don't limit yourself to busts as you have pointed out lines work on coins too.  Edited by nohope587
03/14/2013 7:57 pm
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Valued Member
Canada
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I am really liking some of the designs here so far! I only have random clip-art mixed with basic Microsoft paint skills so this is the best I can do for showing off my idea for the reverse:  If people like the concept, hopefully someone with better artistic skills than mine - and a better program than Paint - can clean it up and make it look better. Perhaps add in some small bits of text around the edge where there are larger whitespaces (I didn't know how to do that in Paint) Cheers! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Okay, here an entry I'm pleased with. I've been reading Anthony Swiatek's work on Classic Commemorative coins, and it inspired me to instill lots of symbolism in my medal design.  Obverse: The site's web address is prominent along the bottom of the medal, and the motto "Learning * Teaching * Sharing" stretches across the top. The motto emphasizes how each member is able to contribute and gain from a healthy forum. It is not ONLY wise members pontificating while young numismatists sit at their feet. Rather it is an EXCHANGE of knowledge and ideas. The portion of the motto that says "Sharing" carries connotations outside of the numismatic hobby that is the center of this site. The banner on the website reads "Coin Community Family," and many of the members here do behave as family. We share often news, concerns, and our lives with each other. We are worried when a member has been away, we have reached out when members are sick or in need. The motto is spaced with small circles, representing coins. The motto is separated from the web address by six-pointed stars, representing the design features on classic US coinage. In the center of the obverse, the top shows a rendering of the icon that is displayed in your web browser when you visit the Coin Community site (the favicon). Beneath that is a stylized world map, representing Coin Community Forum's worldwide reach. The map is created from a series of lines, representing the network of fibers that constitute the worldwide web. The network of lines has a thick central line, and thinner lines seem to "gradient" out from that. The thickest line passes through Turkey, considered by many to be the source of history's first coin, minted in Lydia in about 600 BC.  Reverse: The motto "Coin Community Forum Online Family" surrounds the reverse, accented with the same six-pointed star used on the obverse. The reverse seems to look through a circular window (a design feature modified from the San Diego Commemorative Half Dollar). The window is a round window with six round insets, representing coins. The view in the window shows one hand holding out a coin to another hand. The hands are stretched across a book, representing the educational foundation of the website -- giving its members knowledge and an education about their hobby. The hands reach out to a coin. Intentionally ambiguous. Is the coin being sold, displayed, borrowed, discussed? All these activities happen on this site among members who would not otherwise meet each other in person. Comments welcome. Hope you like the designs or they inspire someone to contribute something better! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I like it. Less than a week and already some really nice work. Everyone please keep the ideas coming.
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Forum Dad
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