Comments on "Stuart Devlin, Coin Designer"

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Parent topic: Stuart Devlin, Coin Designer.

In total, Mr Devlin has designed coins for close on forty countries throughout the world.

He has also designed hundreds of commemorative medallions, as well as furniture, interiors, jewellery, trophies, clocks, candelabra, bowls and insignia

[Prosit]

How many of his designs do you own?
Dale

In total, Mr Devlin has designed coins for close on forty countries throughout the world. He has also designed hundreds of commemorative medallions, as well as furniture, interiors, jewellery, trophies, clocks, candelabra, bowls and insignia

[<k>]

I usually restrict myself to standard circulation pieces, so I have his original Australian decimal set, plus 1984 (kangaroos) and 1988 (aboriginal style kangaroo design) dollar, his Cayman Islands set (cent to dollar in a proof set, though only the 1c, 5c, 10c and 25c coins actually circulate). I haven't picked up his UK pound coins yet. He must have designed dozens of NCLT pieces, but they are not of the sort I would collect.

Of his Ethiopian set, I have only the 10c piece, as it is a nyala (wildlife). The other pieces in that set don't appeal to me. I own the original Singapore set too (the "marine series").

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The great majority of these coins show creativeness and artistry (the last two are below his level, I think). His fan or spray-like structures are very elegant. Look how he dealt with the difficulty of showing water on a coin. Just excellent work!

Your designer series is sheer fun, coffeetime. I hope there's still territory to cover.

Peter

[<k>]

Since you admire Devlin's work so much, I'll show you his original ideas for the reverse of the standard circulation dollar, issued in 1984.

He considered a wombat, a penguin, and a group of three kangaroos. The issued design shows a group of five kangaroos.

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The wombat is fine, but the denomination is in the way. I think the penguin is excellent, but I would have preferred it to stand on the denomination. I like the final design best, as it not only creates movement, but also gives depth, yet, I am glad to have seen his other ideas. Maybe, one day, that penguin can be used...

Peter

[andyg]

These are just far better designs than what we are used to now, even the £1 coins - they are not flat.
Thank you for sharing them CT.

[Prosit]

The penguin looks like he is scratching his cheek on the one.  I like all of them.

Dale

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Stuart Devlin passed away last Thursday, April 12.

[andyg]

taken from his wikipedia page apparently.

[Big_M]

Maltese coin from the Fisheries series is missing.

All Fisheries coins except for Portugal were designed by Stuart Devlin, according to the series certificate.

[<k>]

Thanks, Big-M. I'm about to redo the whole Devlin topic, to make it tidier and to widen its scope.

I'll probably be doing this in the evenings, and it will take some time, but I will be sure to include an image of that coin.

[Big_M]

Mauritius 1982 IYDP - both designs by Stuart Devlin.

[<k>]

Mauritius 1982 IYDP - both designs by Stuart Devlin

Thanks for reminding me. I remember reading about this in Zdenek Vesely's list of the early 1980s. Maybe he did some of the other IYDP or Year of the Child designs for which we don't know the designer?

[<k>]

Dominican Republic, 100 pesos, 1979.  Visit of Pope John Paul II.

According to the Royal Mint, this design was by Rafael Alba of the Dominican Republic, but it was modelled by Stuart Devlin.