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JIGSAW COINAGE DESIGNSUltramodern numismatist Pabitra Saha has published an article on the trend of "jigsaw" coinage designs. With permission, here's an excerpt. Thank you. -Editor One of the recent trends in design of coin series is use of jigsaw design. It was first used in series of collector coins issued by France on centenary of Tour de France in 2003. The face value of each coin was 1.5 Euro, a non standard denomination. Tour de France is a several days long, nation wide cycling race, held annually. A cycle chain was the unifying item across the reverse. This was taken in to circulation coins by Mathew Dent, who made jigsaw design in UK design, in 2008. The Royal Coat of Arms, shown in full on reverse of 1 Pound coin, was used a jigsaw design on reverse of 6 denominations. Incidentally, the 2 Pounds circulation coin was not included in the series. 
LEFT: Tour de France; RIGHT: Dent's U.K. Design Later, in 2013, another series of collector coins, again from France, formed a jigsaw image of "RF" ( for Republic of France ) . 
Other examples of the ensemble motif hail from Moldova, and in some commemorative Royal Mint designs. -Editor 
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