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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;ycon, post: 2993372, member: 91771&quot;]I&#039;m very interested in artist designed coinage/money. </p><p><br /></p><p>Several important renaissance artists designed coins for popes and lords: Francesco Francia (for Giovanni II Bentivoglio, Julius II, and Leo X), Benvenuto Cellini (for Clement VII, Paul III, and Alessandro de Medici), Leone Leoni (for Paul III and Charles V), and Alessandro Cesati (for Julius III, and others). Later papal coinage was executed by the Hamerani family, who were known for the incredible artistry of their designs, most of which were signed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Albrecht Dürer is thought to have engraved the dies for a gulden of Nuremberg. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course Augustus Saint-Gaudens is famous for designing the double eagle and the $10 gold liberty with indian headdress.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>The art nouveau master Alphonse Mucha designed some of the first Czech paper money.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>There are also many ancient coins, with beautiful dies that were signed by their celators.</p><p><br /></p><p>The definition of &#039;artist&#039; can be a bit tricky. For the sake of this thread I think &#039;artist&#039; should meet one of the following criteria:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) A famous artist known for their non-numismatic work who also did work designing coins/money. Ex. Cellini, Mucha, Gaudens, Dürer </p><p><br /></p><p>2) A pre-20th century artist who worked primarily as a die engraver, but whose work was so notable in that field to merit outside mention and documentation. Or a medalist who also worked as a die engraver. Ex. Cesati who is mentioned by Vasari in a hyperbole attributed to Michelangelo. </p><p><br /></p><p>3) An ancient celator who made artistically engraved coins and signed their dies. I&#039;d also be very interested if their have been any attempts to reconstruct the oeuvres of any ancient die cutters, the same way as has been done for ancient greek vase painters. </p><p><br /></p><p>Are there any other examples of artist-designed money that people know of? Please share both any examples you may have in your collections, or ones that you know of/covet. </p><p><br /></p><p>To start us off, here is a coin designed by Cellini for Clement VII that is in the Kunsthistorisches museum in Vienna.&nbsp; [ATTACH=full]739075[/ATTACH]</p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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