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ROYAL MINT UNVEILS NEW COIN DESIGN FOR ENTENTE CORDIALE
-Powerful Female Icons on International Women’s Day - Britannia and Marianne - two strong symbolic women - are at the centrepiece of a £5 coin produced by the Royal Mint to commemorate the centenary of the historic ‘Entente Cordiale’ between Britain and France. In a powerful design the two figures, each representing the individual qualities of her own country, are conjoined to demonstrate the importance of the historical bond between Britain and France. Appropriately, this design is being revealed on International Women’s Day, which also has its origins at the beginning of the last century. The obverse of the coin features the portrait of the Queen by Ian Rank-Broadley, FRBS, which has appeared on all United Kingdom coinage since 1998. This new commemorative £5 coin will be available at its face value from Monday 15th March from many Post Offices and by picking up a leaflet at banks. It is also obtainable directly from the Royal Mint and can be ordered in advance. The reverse design, which combines and unifies the two great national icons, is by the talented artist David Gentleman, RDI. The images of the majestic Britannia and of Marianne, the symbol of liberty, are reproduced from a British florin and a French 2 franc piece, two coins that were in circulation when the Entente Cordiale Treaty was signed in 1904. While the Entente Cordiale £5 is David Gentleman’s first coin design he is responsible for one hundred postage stamps issued over the last forty years, with one particularly notable series featuring Concorde, the great Anglo-French aeronautical achievement. Having learned of his success, David Gentleman reflected “Designing a coin is not unlike designing a stamp: each needs to concentrate an idea, make it interesting, and leave out anything unnecessary.”
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