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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 42, October 12, 2014, Article 26

SOME RECENT COIN DESIGNS

Pabitra Saha continually scours the web for information on new coins. Here are a few recent designs that caught my eye. -Editor

French 10 Euro Coin on Molière's Play L'avare

10 Euro coin on Molière's play L'avare (The Miser)

This French 10 Euro coin honors Molière's play L'avare (The Miser).

French 10 Euro Coin on Voltaire's Novel Candide

10 Euro coin on Voltaire's novel Candide

This French 10 Euro coin honors Voltaire's Candide. With both of these coins, the reverse is in a more classic style, while the obverse portraits are less detailed and make use of negative space. Interesting combination.

Finland 10 Euro coin on sculptor Emil Wikstrom

Finland 10 Euro coin on sculptor Emil Wikstrom reverse Finland 10 Euro coin on sculptor Emil Wikstrom obverse

This commemorative coin on sculptor Emil Wikstrom takes the minimalist route. That doesn't always work on a coin, but I think it does here.

Belgium 20 Euro on Berlin Wall

Belgium- Berlin Wall

Has it been 25 years already? This Belgian piece commemorates the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. It's an important topic for commemoration. I'm not sure I could have come up with anything better, but this design doesn't move me. I think it’s the absence of people. The real drama of the event was the freeing of an imprisoned people.

Two America the Beautiful Quarters

cumerbland-gap-quarter theodore-roosevelt-quarter

Thanks to Pabitra for sending all the new coin designs. Here are two from another source. Coin Update , where Michael Zielinski published an article on October 7, 2014 about recent design candidate selections by the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) for the 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters series.

To read the complete article, see:
CFA Recommendations for 2016 America the Beautiful Quarters (news.coinupdate.com/cfa-recommendations-for-america-the-beautiful-quarters-4508/)



Wayne Homren, Editor

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