Matthew Dent (designer)

Matthew Dent
Born	1981 (age 29–30) Bangor, Wales
Nationality	British
Field	Graphic design
Training	Coleg Menai University of Brighton
Works	Coins of the pound sterling from 2008
Website	http://www.mattdent.com

Matthew Dent (born in 1981 in Bangor, Wales) is a British graphic designer. His designs were selected for the new reverse sides of seven coins of the pound sterling, after a competition open to the public by the Royal Mint on 2 April 2008.

Dent studied art at Coleg Menai and graduated in graphic design from the University of Brighton.^[1]

The competition was to re-design the reverses of all circulation British coins (except the Two Pound coin which had only been introduced eleven years earlier). His entry was selected as the best of 4,000 and he was given a one-off payment of £35,000 ^[2].

Dent's designs were inspired by heraldry. He divided the British Royal Shield among the pence coins, so when placed together produce the entire shield. The full shield appears on his pound coin, which before the competition had no fixed design, instead changing every year to represent Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.

In 2011 he designed a commemorative fifty pence coin for the Royal Mint, to celebrate 50 years of the World Wildlife Fund. It featured 50 small pictures of plants, animals and natural resources. ^[3]

References

1. ^ Herd, George (2 April 2008). "Coin designer's 'dream come true'". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/7326830.stm. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/north_west/7326830.stm
3. ^ http://www.royalmint.com/store/BritishBase/UKWWFBU.aspx

External links

• Official website
• "New coins unveiled with winning design". The Independent (London). 2 April 2008. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/new-coins-unveiled-with-winning-design-803688.html. Retrieved 12 May 2010. 

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Name	Dent, Matthew
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Date of birth	1981
Place of birth	Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales
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