Bermuda, $1, 1988: evolution of a collector coin

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The Bermuda Monetary Authority issued this collector one dollar coin in 1988.

Here I will show some of the stages in the development of its design.


The coin celebrates the reopening in 1988 of the track between the Town of St George and Somerset.


To the left of the train is a buttery.

Food was often stored in a buttery, removed from the main house, which was designed to keep food cool.


This was achieved by keeping the actual storage room raised above the ground.

It was typically five or six steps worth of height.

It used a pointed roof, enabling convective heat transfer to keep warm air from the food.
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At first a more modern train was considered.

However, this idea was eventually rejected.
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A train from 1931 was chosen as the subject of the design instead.

The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) sent a photo and drawing of the train as source material.

The scan of the photo is of low quality.
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Robert Elderton was an artist at the Royal Mint.

He prepared two initial sketches of the older train.

Here you see his "sketch A".
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Here is Robert Elderton's sketch B.

It incorporates mountains in the background.
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The BMA  asked for the mountains to be removed from the design.
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Here we see the revised sketch B.
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The BMA also made some comments about sketch A.
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Sketch A with the BMA's comments.
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The BMA made more comments about sketch B.
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The maintenance of two sketches is confusing.

However, the intent seems to be to move towards a single sketch.


Here Mr. P Green relays instructions that relate to both sketches.

He was the Royal Mint employee who directed the work, 


Hubert Elsasser was a Royal Mint artist and engraver.

He was older than and senior to Robert Elderton.
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Here is Mr. Elderton's revised sketch.
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A reminder of the finished design.

Excellent work and a superb design from Mr. Elderton.
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Figleaf

Thank you. I enjoyed that. I do count seven, not six windows on the train ...  :)

Peter
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<k>

Yes, very observant - there's a window beyond the partly obscured door.
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