Matthew Dent (born in 1981 in Bangor, Wales) is a British graphic designer.
His designs were selected for the new reverse sides of seven coins of the pound sterling, after a competition open to the public by the Royal Mint on 2 April 2008.
Dent studied art at Coleg Menai and graduated in graphic design from the University of Brighton.
The full shield appears on his pound coin, which before the competition had no fixed design, instead changing every year to represent Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland.
In 2011 he designed a commemorative fifty pence coin for the Royal Mint to celebrate 50 years of the World Wildlife Fund.