Comments on "Robert Elderton, Coin Designer"

[<k>]

The Elderton wildlife thread is missing the Mauritius 1988 dodo from the gold bullion coins (Elderton designed both obverses and the reverses of these coins)

The Royal Mint told me that Christopher Ironside modelled the obverse (human portrait) but did not know who designed it.

[Big_M]

The Royal Mint told me that Christopher Ironside modelled the obverse (human portrait) but did not know who designed it.

Stange, the Royal Mint was very explicit in the CoA for the coin series (caps as in the original text):

"Both the obverse and reverse are by the ROYAL MINT ARTIST ROBERT ELDERTON co worked in close co-operation with The Bank of Mauritius."

[BritNumis]

An update on the Berry and Co medal. Robert Elderton sent me an email confirming that he had done this medal in the early 1980s. He made 3, of which 2 are currently in his possession, and 1 in mine. He also advised that he has done approximately 50 medals, almost all with extremely small mintages. The exceptions would be the Grace Darling (mintage 47, created in 1983) and the John Betjeman, The Saint of St. Pancras (mintage 36, created in 2009) medals done on behalf of the British Art Medal Society.

[<k>]

A reminder of the Berry and Co. medal.

Perhaps you would like to post a gallery of Robert Elderton's medals?


Also, in what way are the Grace Darling and John Betjeman medals exceptions?

[BritNumis]

The Grace Darling with a mintage of 47 and the Saint of St. Pancras with a mintage of 36, both done for BAMS are the larger production items, hence the exceptions. With the other 50 or so medals the mintages are probably less than 10, and in most cases one or two with the occasional silver medal. It is a case of Elderton doing something for himself for his own enjoyment. I have looked for other examples of his medals, and besides the BAMS issues, my Berry and Co medal is about the only medal that I could locate in collector hands. Would love to see the other medals, from this very creative mind.

[<k>]

Thank you for the info.