Edwina Ellis

contemporary · Engraver; Royal Mint commissioned designs

Australian-born wood engraver, illustrator and printmaker working in the UK. Has produced multiple coin designs for the Royal Mint including reverse engravings on the £1 series and several historical commemoratives. Ellis's wood-engraving background gives her coin designs a distinctive linear, illustrative style that contrasts with the more sculpted Royal Mint house aesthetic. Royal Mint announced her as the designer of the 2026 Mr Tumnus Narnia 50p, marking 75 years of C.S. Lewis's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.

Notable works

£1 reverse designs Multiple Royal Mint £1 reverses commissioned through her career.
2026 Mr Tumnus Narnia 50p First in a planned three-coin Narnia series (announced).
Various historical commemoratives Illustrative-style engravings on £5 crown issues.

Catalogue work

Specific catalogue attribution for Edwina Ellis is being added. Their notable works listed above include all the major coins associated with this designer.

Other UK coin designers

Benedetto Pistrucci William Wyon Leonard Charles Wyon Bertram Mackennal Mary Gillick Arnold Machin Raphael Maklouf Ian Rank-Broadley Jody Clark Martin Jennings Christopher Le Brun Christopher Ironside Matthew Dent Stephen Taylor Edwina Ellis Tom Hockenhull Bruce Rushin Stephen Raw

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