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<p>[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5482804, member: 109923"]I don't know about the greatest of all time - no-one knows who engraved ancient coins - but while cataloguing the modern world coins I've gathered over the years, I noticed a large number were engraved by English designer Percy Metcalfe. They have a recognisable art deco style very much in keeping with his era (1920s and 1930s).</p><p><br /></p><p>They included the iconic Irish Free State 'Barnyard Collection', Iraqi dinars, Greek drachma, Bulgarian leva, Egyptian pounds and Turkish lira.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Ten Kuruş, 1935</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239163[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Turkey, 25.5mm, 6g. <b>10 KURUŞ. </b>TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYETİ (KM 863). </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p>Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was modernising his country and wanted the coinage to reflect this new outlook. He liked what Percy Metcalfe had done with the Egyptian pound and Iraqi dinar, so invited him to redesign the country's coins in his modern style.</p><p><br /></p><p>He also engraved British monarchs, who appeared on the currencies of all sorts of countries, like Canada, Australia, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Fiji and Southern Rhodesia.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>George VI 4 1/2 Piastres, 1938</b></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1239150[/ATTACH]</p><p><b>Cyprus. Silver, 19mm. Portrait by Percy Metcalfe (KM 24).</b></p><p><br /></p><p>He also designed the George Cross medal. A search on Numista gives you some idea of how many coins he was involved in:</p><p><a href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=%22percy+metcalfe%22&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=%22percy+metcalfe%22&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=" rel="nofollow">https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r="percy+metcalfe"&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="John Conduitt, post: 5482804, member: 109923"]I don't know about the greatest of all time - no-one knows who engraved ancient coins - but while cataloguing the modern world coins I've gathered over the years, I noticed a large number were engraved by English designer Percy Metcalfe. They have a recognisable art deco style very much in keeping with his era (1920s and 1930s). They included the iconic Irish Free State 'Barnyard Collection', Iraqi dinars, Greek drachma, Bulgarian leva, Egyptian pounds and Turkish lira. [B]Ten Kuruş, 1935[/B] [ATTACH=full]1239163[/ATTACH] [B]Turkey, 25.5mm, 6g. [B]10 KURUŞ. [/B]TÜRKİYE CÜMHURİYETİ (KM 863). [/B] Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was modernising his country and wanted the coinage to reflect this new outlook. He liked what Percy Metcalfe had done with the Egyptian pound and Iraqi dinar, so invited him to redesign the country's coins in his modern style. He also engraved British monarchs, who appeared on the currencies of all sorts of countries, like Canada, Australia, India, Jamaica, Malaysia, New Zealand, Fiji and Southern Rhodesia. [B]George VI 4 1/2 Piastres, 1938[/B] [ATTACH=full]1239150[/ATTACH] [B]Cyprus. Silver, 19mm. Portrait by Percy Metcalfe (KM 24).[/B] He also designed the George Cross medal. A search on Numista gives you some idea of how many coins he was involved in: [URL='https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r=%22percy+metcalfe%22&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=']https://en.numista.com/catalogue/index.php?r="percy+metcalfe"&ct=coin&tb=y&tc=y&tn=y&tp=y&tt=y&cat=y&ru=&ca=3&no=&v=&d=&i=&a=&dg=&m=&f=&t=&w=&u=&g=&se=&c=&wi=&sw=[/URL][/QUOTE]
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