#coinart — Public Fediverse posts
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Today is #ANZAC day, the 25th April. On this day, 111 years ago, the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed at Gallipoli. A relatively minor (and disastrous) campaign for British forces, but the first big battle Australia & New Zealand were involved in as nations. As such, it is a somberly commemorated event each year.
Lest we forget.
While I haven't written up a coin confirmed to be related to the battle, I do have a 1902-10 penny turned into "art". Possibly trench art? Possibly just done by someone before or after the war, but either way, still an interesting piece: https://coinofnote.com/1902-10-uk-penny-art/
#Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Art #CoinArt #TrenchArt #WWI #Coin #History #Histodons @numismatics @histodons
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Facebook's unwillingness to show posts from the people I actually follow but show random things I might be interested in sometimes has interesting results. Today I saw this post by Sandra Deiana - coin designer:
"From plaster to metal.
My portrait of Pope Francis created for the Malta Coin Centre. The journey from the sculpted plaster model to the finished coin is always a fascinating transformation.
Every detail you see in metal begins with hours of sculpting by hand."#coindesign #coinart #medallicart #basrelief #sculpture #Numismatics #CoinCollecting #Coins #Pope #Vatican @numismatics