Current members include Professor Phil Baines, lettering specialist Dr Shailendra Bhandare of the Ashmolean Museum Blondel Cluff, CEO West India Committee Hughie O’Donoghue RA, painter Professor Jane Ridley, historian Lieutenant Colonel Mike Vernon, Comptroller of the Lord Chamberlain’s Department and David White, Garter Principal King of Arms. I became the Chair of the Committee in March 2021 taking over from Lord Waldegrave. Then as now, the challenge is how to balance the rich heritage of coin and medal design in Britain with modernity and innovation, as well as recognising the work of established artists and encouraging young ones. ![]() As well as being a forum through which the design of the nation’s coins and medals could be improved, Johnson hoped it would encourage the creation of ‘a school of artists who will find it worth their while to specialise in the production of coins and medals’. Its establishment was personally approved by King George V. It makes recommendations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, as Master of the Mint, in relation to coinage designs, and to other government ministers in relation to official medals and seals, all of which ultimately have to be approved by the monarch.ĭespite its name the committee is an independent and impartial body, consisting of distinguished figures from the world of art, lettering, heraldry, numismatics and other related disciplines.Ī standing committee on the design of the nation’s coinage and official medals was the brainchild of Robert Johnson, the Deputy Master, effectively Chief Executive, of the Royal Mint. Since the summer of 1922 it has become the task of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee to examine designs for new coins, medals, seals and decorations. How a representation of a new monarch is commissioned and created, by what process it is approved and who is involved in making it all happen is a little-known, but long-established, process. In May, an additional 50 pence will be issued, marking a key moment in British history. These were amongst the first examples of a change to royal imagery arising from the, as yet uncrowned, King’s accession. Some 4.9 million coins, commemorating the death of Elizabeth II, entered circulation throughout the month. ![]() As of December last year, it will have been possible to find a 50 pence piece bearing the effigy of King Charles III in your change.
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