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Kate Ironside
@IronsideKate
Senior Lecturer in Journalism, former political journalist, author of Reporting Power and member of executive board of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council
Feb 14, 2021 • 16 tweets • 7 min read
Monday: 50th anniversary of UK coins #Decimalday
Biggest revolution in UK currency for centuries
Dad designed the reverses
Mum was model for 50p Britannia
& I (as toddler) trashed key designs
Dad had to win not 1 but 2 competitions to become #decimal designer: a thread 1st secret competition run by @RoyalMintUK
The UK’s best artists & designers invited to compete.
Dad won.
His designs turned into sample coins, see below.
Then disaster. He got a call to go into the Mint….2/16