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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 698492, member: 19065&quot;]I haven&#039;t a clear answer for this but I&#039;d suspect we could reasonably consider that while fonts on coins and currency may seem similar to known font families like Franklin Gothic, Copperplate and the classic Roman type sets, amongst others, that taking into account issues of counterfeiting, coin dies and plates designed for notes, are most likely are not true font sets. Rather, they are variations of classic, easy to read and familiar type styles. Therefore each is unique to a series of coin designs, so that the &#039;devices&#039; appear similar on any given year&#039;s issued coins and so they are not easily reproduced by would be counterfeiters. If a counterfeiter could help themselves by use of established cut fonts that are easily referenced and obtained then a lot of difficult work counterfeiting the devices on a coin and/or avoiding tricky accurate engraving of type and numerals on currency designs would be that much easier. This is especially the case of modern notes given the use of powerful graphics editing software to fake currency designs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Apart from that, some other coin and font related stuff you all might find interesting or useful:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.identifont.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.identifont.com/" rel="nofollow">Identifont</a> is a good tool if you are interested in exploring or matching a fonts.</p><p><a href="http://www.numus.com/MonetaFont.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numus.com/MonetaFont.htm" rel="nofollow"><br /></a></p><p><a href="http://www.numus.com/MonetaFont.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numus.com/MonetaFont.htm" rel="nofollow">Numus Moneta</a> is an interesting font developed from Ancients.</p><p><br /></p><p>The US Mint had a press lease in 2008 announcing plans for the first coin with <a href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&amp;action=press_release&amp;ID=916" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.usmint.gov/pressroom/index.cfm?flash=yes&amp;action=press_release&amp;ID=916" rel="nofollow">readable braille</a>. Follow the link to a link in the press release to an image of the coin. I think something similarly was being worked on for US paper currency but I don&#039;t have a source for that. Not sure about world coins, if they offer braille or not.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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