TWO Royal Mint Engravers have teamed up to capture watercolour-style portraits of some of Britain’s best loved natural landmarks on a commemorative collection of sterling silver £5 coins - including one of the Lake District.
Glyn Davies and Laura Clancy started by painting the scenes in watercolour, before going through the painstaking process of engraving every last detail onto the tools needed to strike these collectable coins. A ‘trichromatic’ colour printing process rarely used by The Royal Mint was then used to re-create the subtle colouring of the designers’ original artwork.
The scenes depict the Lake District, the Giant’s Causeway, Snowdonia and the White Cliffs of Dover, which are said to be amongst the most visited natural attractions in the British Isles, enticing thousands of visitors each year. The coins form part of an ongoing series highlighting the best known natural and architectural landmarks from across the British Isles.
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