Christopher Ironside
His paintings were exhibited at two main shows, shared with his elder brother Robin, at the Redfern Gallery in 1944 and at Arthur Jeffress in 1960.
[3] He designed commemorative medallions including: the Britannia Commemorative Society's Medallion No.7 "The Spanish Armada" and No.42 "The Royal Navy"; the medal for the 1974 Centenary of Sir Winston Churchill's birth "This was Their Finest Hour"; the brass relief memorial for the Earl and Countess Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey; and, the brass relief for the 16th Duke of Norfolk in Arundel Castle (Fitzalan Chapel).
[5] His collection of earlier concept sketches, plaster moulds and submission entries for the decimalisation competition are now housed in the British Museum.
[6] In the beginning of the 1960s, there was a proposal by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee for a joint currency for Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The committee had at this stage appointed Christopher Ironside on a term contract and asked him to provide prototype designs for these coins.
[a] Description These coins were struck as: In the beginning of the 1960s, there was a proposal by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee for a joint currency for Qatar and Dubai (the remaining Trucial States).
The committee had at this stage appointed Christopher Ironside on a term contract and asked him to provide prototype designs for these coins.
The country names and denominations appear on the obverse, whilst a relatively simple design of a goitred gazelle adorns the reverse of all the coins (originally destined for the common currency to be used by Arab states of the Persian Gulf).
The Brunei dollar was divided into 100 cents (or sen in Malay), with a portrait of Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien III on the obverse.
With regard to the design, it was decided that the portrait of the ruling British monarch, which had appeared on the obverse of all coins, would be replaced by the Jamaican coat of arms, with national symbols on the reverse depicting aspects of the island's flora and fauna, images that reflect the ideals of the newly independent country.
People buying these FAO coin panels were thus making a personal contribution toward tackling the challenge set by the programme.
[g] These coins were struck as: 1971 first decimal set (issued from 1971 to 1974): As a territory under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom, Gibraltar decimalised its currency in the 1970s.
In the early 1970s the WWF organised for each of twenty-four different countries to issue two proof silver crowns, each depicting some form of endangered species from their particular region of the planet.
The design rationale for the new coins was both to proclaim the country's independence and to feature the distinguished personalities, historical monuments and edifices, flora, fauna and folklore articles of Malta.
The design brief was to highlight the botanical diversity of Singapore as part of a government effort to foster national pride and identity.
