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augsburger Pillar of the Community Germany 1064 Posts	Posted 03/03/2009 1:10 pm Having once been an art student, I sent in designs for the new British coins, but obviously did not win. The Royal Mint also has a competition on at the moment, ending sometime mid April I think, to design 29 50p coins for the olympics in 2012. The winners are expected to be announced in november, not sure if this is privatly to let them design the coins better, or publically, but I am preparing a few designs already in the hope of one day actually having my own coin. I guess it is quite hard trying to think whether they want new and innovative or detailed and easy to see what it is, but each one is for a different sport. There is also a blue peter competition, oh help us if one of them actually gets on a coin. That would be like, say, the Euro zone making a €2 coin with a stick figure and a € sign looking like it was drawn by a child, wait a minute...... I already got 2 in my change. Does anyone else have the desire to design a coin (not sure why I am saying this as I want to win and hope nobody else enters, but hey). If not what would you want to see (oww, perhaps you can give me ideas and I take the credit) The main question I guess is, real looking or abstract? Imagine Karate, table tennis or something like that. I think my rule number one is not to have a figure of a person on my coin because I HATE coins with people on them. Report this Post to the Staff

wd1040 Pillar of the Community United States 3098 Posts	Posted 03/03/2009 1:18 pm I had a sketch of what I wanted the new $100 to look like. It had the normal Franklin portrait and the seals, but I updated the text, added more background figures, etc and made it look Swiss.. but then my hard drive crashed, and my pet project was gone :( I hate the EuroStick EUR2, too. It is seriously too simple. As for coins, I like allegorical figures, which are in a way both abstract and people. For banknotes, too, I like multi-colored designs with lots of variety, sort of like French notes before the 93 series and the last 2 series of Swiss Francs. I want to see your design chosen! Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 03/03/2009 4:24 pm "The main question I guess is, real looking or abstract? Imagine Karate, table tennis or something like that. I think my rule number one is not to have a figure of a person on my coin because I HATE coins with people on them." Here's an idea. Just the hand or hands holding whatever equipment is necessary. Karate could show a hand smashing down on a brick or whatever, table tennis could show a hand gripping a paddle, equestrian could show a hand gripping a rein. You get the picture. Just remember when you win to give the credit where it is due. Report this Post to the Staff
Brissyboy Valued Member Australia 335 Posts	Posted 03/06/2009 9:01 pm I'd read the rules for the public competition as I think it is open to UK residents only. I submitted a couple of suggestions for themes for Australia's commemorative issues (50c or $1 coins) to the Royal Australian Mint a couple of years ago but they did not follow through and instead when with 2006 50 Years of Television theme on $1. My theme was to commemorate the birth of Dr Victor Chan, teenage immigrant from China whom became a world renowned heart transplant specialist, gunned down in an abduction attempt on a Sydney street. Oh well such is the pull of corporate Australia. My other earlier suggestion was a fundraising coin for the 2004 Asian Tsunami which would have featured a regional map showing the shock waves expanding out across the Indian Ocean and text Australia Cares or something similar on a 50c coin. A percentage of the sales could have gone to the Disaster Appeal. They said it would take too long to prepare the design and mint the coins that the "event" would be too long ago. Seems people in the region are still trying to recover after 4 years, go figure. Wayne Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 03/07/2009 02:39 am I see what you're saying, but 50 Years of Television in Australia was very important. Where would we have been without our Skippy, the Bush Kangaroo and Jamie McPheeters reruns? Report this Post to the Staff
Brissyboy Valued Member Australia 335 Posts	Posted 03/07/2009 06:52 am Ah yes, I guess you have a point there. I was a Skippy fan as a kid too. Report this Post to the Staff
QuickSilver Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 1077 Posts	Posted 03/07/2009 09:40 am Yes we had Skippy too! Much smarter than that Lassie. Also there was that Dolphin, Flipper. Was that show Australian or American I can't remember? Report this Post to the Staff
WpgLwr Pillar of the Community Canada 1082 Posts	Posted 03/11/2009 4:10 pm Flipper was American; they lived in Florida. Report this Post to the Staff
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