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Best Font / Typeface on a Coin - Chards 2021/2 FOTY Award


LawrenceChard

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Our tame photographer Doug is not just a pretty face, but a valued contributor to the team effort.

Along with photos of this 2022 Australian Silver $1 One Ounce Kookaburra by Perth Mint:

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He awarded it our Best Font on a Coin FOTY Font Of The Year trophy:

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The reverse was more standard:

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Any other contenders?

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That font and edge weighting looks like Hello Paris, with everything lowercase apart from the initial K.

As for a contender, my choice may seem boring: I like the font, simplicity and spacing of "C A N A D A" at the top of the classic Canada Silver Maple Leaf.

(no picture as I don't have one to hand - would inserting a Chards image be fair use?)

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1 hour ago, paulmerton said:

That font and edge weighting looks like Hello Paris, with everything lowercase apart from the initial K.

As for a contender, my choice may seem boring: I like the font, simplicity and spacing of "C A N A D A" at the top of the classic Canada Silver Maple Leaf.

(no picture as I don't have one to hand - would inserting a Chards image be fair use?)

I agree with Doug, but I understand your point that CANADA is clear and simple.

The first Canadian coin photo I could find was this one:

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If using a third party image, it is always good to give a credit, and a link also does no harm.

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I vote for the font on the gothic crown of 1847 but if it has to be this year, then the one that will probably be used on the upcoming great engravers gothic crown🙂

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Profile picture with thanks to Carl Vernon

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@paulmertonis right about Hello Paris as the font. When he says lowercase, it's how that font does lowercase, which is actually uppercase forms.

The Australian coin has strange kerning in the word Australia – notice the huge spacing between the first few letters, contrasted with the remaining letters.

The Gairsoppa shipreck silver rounds have one of the best fonts I've seen. It's not a coin per se, but we see a lot more privately minted rounds in the US:

 

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Posted
13 hours ago, LawrenceChard said:

I agree with Doug, but I understand your point that CANADA is clear and simple.

The first Canadian coin photo I could find was this one:

2008canadaGoldBullionUngraded1ozMapleRoyalCanadianMintreversecrop.thumb.jpg.d6cd7224d8c80522f663be2019107137.jpg

If using a third party image, it is always good to give a credit, and a link also does no harm.

A beautifully clear font!  I am not a font specialist, but like the font on FINE and GOLD but not PUR, which is rather bunched up!

Overall one of the best coin fonts I know.   

Not my circus, not my monkeys

Posted
2 minutes ago, dicker said:

A beautifully clear font!  I am not a font specialist, but like the font on FINE and GOLD but not PUR, which is rather bunched up!

I think I would like "GOLD" on any coin, whatever the font is 🤣

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