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WOMEN COIN DESIGNERS
first issued 15 August 1982 updated 7 April 2005 (list still incomplete)
@ Raymond Lloyd
1. Coins featuring Women
Country Designer Denomination Year #Catalog Subject
Australia Margaret Priest 1,1 dollar 1992 KM 175 Javelin thrower Barcelona Olympiad
20,20 dollars 1993 KM Gymnast, Three champions Olympic Centenary 1896-1996
Belgium Gretha Jonker 250 francs 1997 KM 207 Paola 11.9.1937- queen consort 60th birthday
Bulgaria R Alexandrova 25 leva 1989 KM 190 Figure skaters 16th Winter Olympics Albertville 1992
Canada Lynda J Cooper 5 dollars 1975 KM 99 Platform diver 21st Summer Olympics Montreal 1976
Dora de Pedery-Hunt 100 dollars 1976 KM 115-6 Athena & Olympic athlete
all coins 1982- KM 132- Head of Queen Elizabeth II
Rita Swanson 25 50 cts 1 dollar 1992 KM 207,18 Mother & children before Parlt: 125 ann Confederation
Phoebe Gilman 200 dollars 1994 KM 250 Anne of Green Gables, novel by Lucy Maud Montgomery
Shelagh Armstrong-Hodgson 1 dollar 1999 KM International Year of Older Persons
Claudia Bertrand 25 cents 9.1999 KM 350 Canada through a Child's Eye - millennium series
Susanna Blunt all coins 2003- KM Head of Queen Elizabeth II
Cook Islands Doris Waschk-Balz 50 dollars 1993 KM 180 Ribbon dancer 26th Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996
Finland Marjo Lahtinen 100 markka 1989 KM 963 Marjo Matikainen 5 km ski champion 1988 Olympics
Guernsey Christine Ellingham 1 5 25 pounds 2001 KM Elizabeth II 75th birthday on 21 April 2001
Italy *Laura Cretara 100 lire 1993 KM 159 Female head of Italy
1000 lire 1999 KM Female head
Carmela Colaneri 500 lire 1988 KM 125 Two gymnasts Seoul Olympics 1984
500 lire 1992 KM 154 Female head Flora & Fauna 2 Coin of the Year 1992
Uliana Pernazza 500 lire 1993 KM Female head 25th Summer Olympics Barcelona 1996
Maria Angela Cassol 500 lire 1993 KM 157 Female head Flora & Fauna 3
Luciana de Simoni 1000 lire 1996 KM Torch runner 26th Summer Olympics Atlanta 1996
Liberia Avril Vaughan 10 dollars 1995 KM Women's Emancipation UN 1945-1995
Malawi Avril Vaughan 5 kwacha 1995 KM Girl reading: Nations United for Peace UN 1945-1995
Netherlands Katinka Bruijn-van Rood 10 gulden 1973 KM 65 Silver Jubilee of Queen Juliana
1,2.5 gulden 1980 KM 67-8 Investiture of Queen Beatrix
Norway Grazyna Jolanta Lindau 100 kroner 1993 KM 449 Figure skater 17th Winter Olympics Lillehammer 1994
Poland Anna Jaruszkiewicz 100 zlotych 1974 KM 71 Marie Sklodowska Curie 1867-1934 (portrait)
Ewa Olszewksa-Borys physicist chemist (reverse)
Anna Jaruszkiewicz 20 zlotych 1975 KM 75 International Women's Year 1975
Stanislawa Watrobska 100 zlotych 1975 KM 78 Helena Modrzejewska 1840-1909 actress
200 zlotych 1983 KM Gymnast 22nd Summer Olympics Los Angeles 1984
200 zlotych 1984 KM 149 Figure skater 14th Winter Olympics Sarajevo 1984
Ewa Tyc-Karpinska 1000 zlotych 1987 KM Archer 23rd Summer Olympics Seoul 1988
300 000 zlotych 1994 KM Ice dancers 17th Winter Olympics Lillehammer 1994
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* Principal engravers at their national mints
# KM refers to coins listed in the 28th, 2001 Krause/Mishler Standard Catalog of World Coins 2016 pp ed Colin R Bruce II, and to subsequent lists in the monthly World Coin News, both published by Krause Publications Iola Wisconsin 54990-0001 USA.
Descriptions owe much to those given in Günther Schön's 1998/99 Weltmünzkatalog 1600 pp Postfach 710 908 D-81459 München.
Since 1984 World Coin News has also sponsored the Coin of the Year (COTY) awards, for coins issued two years earlier.
So far women designers have won the principal COTY awards for coins struck in 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1992, or 4 of the
14awards made to date, and this despite the fact that only 7 of the 70 COTY judges are women!
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1. Coins featuring Women (continued)
Country Designer Denomination Year #Catalog Subject
San Marino Doris Waschk-Balz 1000 lire 1994 KM 316 Skier 17th Winter Olympics Lillehammer 1994
Loredana Pancotto 2 lire 1995 KM 320 Small girl building sandcastle
200 lire 1995 KM 326 Equal Opportunity to Development
Seychelles Doris Waschk-Balz 25 rupees 1993 KM 70 Balance beam gymnast Barcelona Olympics 1992
Sweden Marita Norin 200 kronor 1980 KM 99 Female primogeniture for Crown Princess Victoria
" & Anna Sundin 200 1000 kronor 1993 KM 626-7 Queen Silvia's 50th birthday on 23.12.1993
Switzerland Rosemarie Tissi 20 francs 1992 KM 72 Gertrud Kurz 1890-1972 refugee worker; 20th ann death
Sylvia Goeschke 20 francs 2001 KM Johanna Spyri 1827-1901 creator of Heidi
Thailand Marie Louise Radziwill 5 600 baht 1980 KM 137-8 Queen Sirikit's 48th birthday on 12.8.1980
United Kingdom Mary Gillick all coins 1953-67 KM 116-38 Head of Queen Elizabeth II
Mary Milner Dickens 5 pounds 2001 KM Victoria 24.5.1819-22.1.1901 queen death centennial
50 pence 10.2003 KM Women's Social & Political Union 10.10.1903-2003
Avril Vaughan 5 pounds 1996 KM 70th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II (reverse)
5 pounds 10.2002 KM Elizabeth the Queen Mother 4.8.1900-30.3.2002
United States Elizabeth Jones 5 dollars 1988 KM Head of Nike (Victory) Seoul Olympics 1988
Marika Somogyi 1 dollar 1991 KM Mt Rushmore Memorial "Shrine of Democracy"
Glenna Goodacre 1 dollar 2000 KM Sacagawea Shoshone guide in Lewis & Clark Expedition
2. Coins on Peace & Democracy
Alderney Christine Ellingham 5 25 pounds 1999 KM Winston Churchill 1874-1965 125th ann of birth
Aruba Elles Klosterman 25 florins 1995 KM 11 Oil for Peace: End of World War II 1945-1995
Australia Megan Cummings 29 cents 2001 KM Norfolk Island Centenary of Confederation
Bahrain Avril Vaughan 50 dinars 1995 KM Nations United for Peace UN 1945-1995
Bhutan Avril Vaughan 50 300 ngultrum 1995 KM Nations United for Peace UN 1945-1995
Canada Dora de Pedery-Hunt 100 dollars 1986 KM 152 International Year of Peace
Carla Herrera Egan 25 cents 1992 KM 232,a British Columbia: 125th anniversary of Confederation
Muriel Hope 25 cents 1992 KM 214,a Manitoba " " "
Libby Dulac 25 cents 1992 KM 220,a Yukon " " "
Beth McEachen 25 cents 1992 KM 212,a North West Territories " "
Jackie Gale-Vaillancourt 100 dollars 1999 KM Newfoundland joining Canada 1949 - 31.3 – 1999
Cook Islands Emma Noble 1 20 dollars 2002 KM Coronation Day 6 June 1953
Germany Ursula Homfeld 5 marks 1973 KM 135 1848 Frankfurt Assembly 125th anniversary
Italy *Laura Cretara 500 lire 1982 KM 119 "Intelligent & Democratic" Italia
500 lire 1985 KM 115 Presidency of European Community January-June 1985
500 lire 1988 KM 126 Constitution 1948-1988
Jamaica Avril Vaughan 25 dollars 1995 KM Nations United for Peace UN 1945-1995
Heidi Gibbs 50 dollars 2000 KM One People into the Millennium
Norway *Ingrid Austlid Rise 5 50 kroner 1995 KM 454,48 Nations United for Peace UN 1945-1995
50 kroner 1995 KM 455 Liberation 1945-1995
Poland Stanislawa Watrobska 200 zlotych 1975 KM 79 End of World War II: 30th anniversary
Ewa Tyc-Karpinska 100- 300 000 zl 1.8.94 KM 268-9 Warsaw Uprising against nazism: 50th anniversary
Portugal Isabel C F Branco 200 escudos 1992 KM Presidency of European Community January-June 1992
San Marino Laura Cretara 1000 lire 1984 KM 169 Athletes with dove of peace Los Angeles Olympics 1984
1 2 5 scudi 1993 KM 302-4 Entry into International Monetary Fund on 9.9.1993
Carmela Colaneri 2 scudi 1990 KM 257 Presidency of Council of Europe May-November 1990
Loredana Pancotto 1 - 1000 lire 1995 KM 32?-? Civic Duties for the Third Millenium
10 000 lire 22.9.97 KM Statue of Libertas, inside European flag
United Kingdom Mary Milner Dickens 50 pence 1992 KM Presidency of European Community July-December 1992
50 pence 14.8.00 KM Public Libraries Act gives free access to books in 1850
United States *Elizabeth Jones 50 cents 1982 KM 71 George Washington 1732-1982 Coin of the Year 1982
5 dollars 1986 KM Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Immigration 1886-1986
5 dollars 2001 KM First Convening of Congress in Washington in 1800
Marika Somogyi 1 dollar 2001 KM First Convening of Congress in Washington in 1800
Laura Gardin Fraser 1/2 dollar 1921 KM Alabama centennial
(1899-1966) 5 dollars 1999 KM George Washington 1732 - 14 December 1799
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3. Other Designs
Country Designer Denomination Year #Catalog Subject
Andorra Judit Gaset 50 diners 1991 KM 25th Summer Olympics Barcelona 1992
Australia Margaret Priest 200 dollars 1982 KM 55 12th Commonwealth Games
Nora Peris-Kneebone 5 dollars 1998 KM Sea Change 27th Summer Olympics Sydney 2000
Bulgaria R Alexandrova 25 leva 1990 KM Marathon runners 25th Summer Olympics Barcelona 1992
Canada Lynda J Cooper 5 5 10 dollars 1975 KM Swimmer, canoeing, sailing 21st Olympics Montreal 1976
Carola Tietz 1 dollar 1983 KM 138 World Universiade Games 1-11 July 1983 Edmonton
100 dollars 1979 KM International Year of the Child
100 dollars 1984 KM 142 Jacques Cartier 1534-1984 Coin of the Year 1984
Lonnie Springer 25 cents 2.1999 KM 343 Millennium series: Etched in Stone
Marjolaine Lavoie 25 cents 3.1999 KM 344 Millennium series Log Drive
Maria H Sarkany 25 cents 7.1999 KM 348 Millennium series: Nation of People
Alzira Botelho 25 cents 8.1999 KM 349 Millennium series: Pioneer Spirit
France Carola Tietz 100 500 francs 1990 KM Charlemagne
Finland Nina Terno 50 markka 1981 KM 59 Urho Kekkonen President 1.3.1956-1981
Erja Tielinen 50 markka 1982 KM 60 Ice Hockey World Championships 15-29 April 1982
Maija Lavonen 100 markka 2000 KM 700th anniversary of Turku Cathedral
Germany Ursula Homfeld 5 marks 1967 KM 114 Leibnitz
Greta Lippl-Heinsen 10 marks 1969 KM 20th Summer Olympics Munich 1972
Ursula Schmitt-Malzahn 5 marks 1975 KM 140 European Monuments Year
Doris Waschk-Balz 5 marks 1968 KM 122 Gutenberg
10 marks 1972 KM 20th Summer Olympics Munich 1972
5 marks 1969 KM 125 Mercator
Guatemala Mirsa Soto
Haiti Laura Cretara 100 100 gourdes 1981 KM Education Youth
Hong Kong Elizabeth Haddon-Cave 1000 dollars 1977-89 KM Chinese Lunar Year gold coin set
5c - 10 dollars 1987 KM Handover seven-coin set
Israel Miriam Karoli 5 pounds 1960 KM 20 Theodor Herzl
Italy *Laura Cretara 500 lire 1981 KM 110 Virgil poet 2000th anniversary of birth in 19 BC
500 lire 1986 KM 124 Donatello 1386-1466 sculptor 600th ann of birth
Carmela Colaneri 500 lire 1990 KM 140 New World Quincentennial
500 lire 1991 KM 141 Antonio Vivaldi 1678-1741 composer 250th ann of death
500 lire 1993 KM 163 Carlo Goldoni 1707-93 playwright 200th ann of death
Maria Angela Cassol 500 lire 1994 KM Tintoretto 400th ann of death
Japan Akiko Maejima 100 yen 1964 KM 18th Summer Olympics 1964 Tokyo
Jordan Grazyna Jolanta Lindau 1996 KM Independence 1946-1996
Mexico Olga Maria Vega de Ochoa 5 pesos 1999 KM Millennium
Norway *Ingrid Austlid Rise 5 krone 1995 KM 1000 years of minting in Norway
?100 krone 1995 KM World Cycling championships
5 krone 1996 KM Polar ship "Fram" 1893 (-1896) -1996
1 krone 1997 KM Animal's head from Gokstad Ship
5 krone 1997 KM 461 Norwegian Postal Service 1647-1997
Grazyna Jolanta Lindau 1500 krone 1993 KM Cross country skier 17th Winter Olympics 1994
1500 krone 1993 KM Edvard Grieg
50 ore 1996 KM Mythical animal from Urnes stave church
Poland Anna Jaruszkiewicz 100 zlotych 1974 KM 68 Copernicus
10 zlotych 1975 KM 74 Adam Mickiewicz
Stanislawa Watrobska 20 zlotych 1974 KM 69 Marceli Nowotko
100 zlotych 1975 KM 75 Paderewski
100 zlotych 1975 KM 76 Warsaw Castle
200 zlotych 1976 KM 21st Summer Olympics Montreal 1976
200 zlotych 1980 KM 12th Winter Olympics Lake Placid 1980
Ewa Olszewksa-Borys 20 100 zlotych 1980 KM 22nd Summer Olympics Moscow 1980
Ewa Tyc-Karpinska 200 zlotych 1983 KM 13th Winter Olympics Sarajevo 1984
200 zlotych 1984 KM 22nd Summer Olympics Los Angeles 1984
200 500 1000 zlotych 1987 KM 23rd Summer Olympics Seoul 1988
300 000 zlotych 1993 KM 248 Swallow feeding young
Portugal Maria Irene Vilar 250 escudos 1989 KM Battle of Ourique
100 escudos 1990 KM Camilo Castelo Branco
100 escudos 1991 KM Antero de Quental
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3. Other Designs continued
Country Designer Denomination Year #Catalog Subject
San Marino Laura Cretara 500 lire 1984 KM 168 Los Angeles Olympics 1984
500 1000 lire 1987 KM 213-4 World Universiade Games 1987 Zagreb
1-1000 lire 1992 KM 278-87 New World quincentennial: ten-coin set
Doris Waschk-Balz 1 2 scudi 1996 KM Ancient Olympic athletes
Loredana Pancotto 1 2 5 scudi 1995 KM United Nations 1945-1995
Antonella Napolione 1000 lire 12.1997 KM Heraldic lion
Seychelles Avril Vaughan 25 rupees 1995 KM 1945 United Nations Fiftieth Anniversary 1995
Singapore Margaret Priest 5 dollars 1984 KM 32,a 25 years of Nation-Building 1959-84
Elsie Yu 500 dollars 1993-04 KM Chinese Year of the Rooster, Dog, Pig, Rat, Ox etc
South Africa Susan Erasmus
Linda Lotritt
Natanya Van Niekeck
Spain Ester Gonzalez Pastor 5 pesetas 1999 KM Wheel of Alcantarilla Murcia
1000 pesetas 1999 KM Water polo 26th Summer Olympics Sydney 2000
Sweden Lea Ahlborn 18??-19??
United Kingdom Mary Milner Dickens 50 pence 2000 KM Public Libraries 1850-2000
Edwina Ellis 1 pound 2004 KM Scotland : Firth of Forth railway bridge
1 pound 2005 KM Wales : Menai Strait bridge
1 pound 2006 KM N Ireland: McNeill's Egyptian Arch bridge
1 pound 2007 KM England : Gateshead Millennium bridge
United States Elizabeth Jones 1 dollar 1983 KM Los Angeles Olympics 1984 Coin of the Year 1983
Patricia Lewis-Verani 1 dollar 1995 KM 23rd Summer Olympics Seoul 1988
Donna Weaver 1 5 dollars 2002 KM 19th Winter Olympics Salt Lake City 2002
4. Women Banknote Designers
Austria
Greece
Ireland
Iceland Kristin Thorkelsdottir 5000 kronur 1986 P 53 Ragnheidur Jonsdottir 1646-1715 educator, with Groa
(500 " Thorliefsdottir & Ingibjorg Benediktsdottir, Bishop
1000 " Thorlaksson's two earlier wives; reverse shows Ragn-
2000 " ) heidur instructing two girls in embroidery
United Kingdom Julia Margaret Cameron 10 pounds 2000 P 390 Charles Darwin portrait based on a 19C Cameron photo
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In the 1970s, in work to portray distinguished living women on UN Ceres medals, the writer made a point of commissioning
women sculptors, including Dora de Pedery-Hunt, Laura Cretara, Marie Louise Radziwill and Elizabeth Jones listed here, and
Vivian Rees-Price, Juliet Simpson and Jacqueline Steiger recommended by the British Royal Mint. In the 1980s, in work
to feature women on modern coins, he similarly promoted the work of women sculptors, and was instrumental in winning them
commissions, as with Margaret Priest for Singapore.
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