Designing change : the art of coin design / edited by Kevin Clancy
by Clancy, Kevin [editor]
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- ISBN 10
- 1869917065
- ISBN 13
- 9781869917067
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About This Item
Llantrisant : Royal Mint, 2008. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. 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 mon�taire Grande-Bretagne Histoire.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 393774
- Title
- Designing change : the art of coin design / edited by Kevin Clancy
- Author
- Clancy, Kevin [editor]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1869917065
- ISBN 13
- 9781869917067
- Publisher
- Llantrisant : Royal Mint
- Place of Publication
- Pontyclun
- Date Published
- 2008
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