coin design
Currency face pattern
Coin design refers to the artistic imagery and text appearing on a coin's surfaces—the obverse (heads) and reverse (tails).
Elements typically include portraits, symbols, denominations, and mottos.
The term also covers the process of creating such designs: She studied coin design at the mint.
Numismatists evaluate coin design for both aesthetic merit and historical significance.
- obverseFront of coin
- reliefEasing of distress
- emblemRepresentational sign or device
- Lady LibertyRobed statue with torch
- dieStop being alive
engraving · numismatics · die-cutting · face · minting · heraldic · iconography · commemorative · state quarter · proof · historical figures · national motto · anniversaries · metal alloys · motif · symbolism · edge · currency
- US MintUS Mint, mint mark, mint sets, proof coins, commemorative coins
- coinageminting, denomination, dies, mint mark, blanks
- mintingcoinage, minter, coiner, mintmarks, die maker
- African coinsescudo, centavo
- British currencypound, penny, shilling, pence, sixpence
- engravingburin, etching, graver, copper plates, intaglio
visual vs. material composition
coin designalloy
Metallic combination
metal content · precious metal · base metal · planchet · metallurgy