Matthew Dent

1980– · Designer; Royal Shield reverse series 2008

British graphic designer commissioned through a 2005 Royal Mint public competition to design new reverses for UK coinage. Dent's 2008 Royal Shield series carved up the Royal Coat of Arms across the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p, six denominations whose reverses, when arranged together, form the complete shield. The £1 took the entire shield. The Royal Shield reverses ran from 2008 until the gradual reversion to definitive Britannia 50p designs from 2013 onwards.

£7,000
73
Coins in catalogue
3
Decades active

Notable works

2008 Royal Shield reverses On 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1.
2008 £1 Royal Shield Full shield reverse on the £1.

Matthew Dent coins in our catalogue (73)

Coins where Matthew Dent is credited as the obverse or reverse designer. Click any coin for full grade-by-grade prices, mintage, and reference images. Grouped by decade.

2000s 8 coins

1 Penny - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield 2008–2015 · 507,952,000 · £43 1 Pound - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield 2008–2015 · 43,827,300 · £57 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield non-magnetic 2008–2010 · 71,447,000 · £26 2 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield 2008–2015 · 241,679,000 · £3 20 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Undated mule 2008 · £280 20 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield 2008–2015 · 115,022,000 · £4 5 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield non-magnetic 2008–2010 · 165,172,000 · £2 50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield 2008–2015 · 22,747,000 · £33

2010s 10 coins

10 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield magnetic 2011–2015 · 59,603,850 · £3 5 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Royal Shield magnetic 2011–2015 · 50,400,000 · £3 50 Pence - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; WWF 2011 · 3,400,000 · £52 2 Pounds - Elizabeth II 4th portrait; Charles Dickens 2012 · 8,190,000 · £19 1 Penny - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 418,201,016 · £14 10 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 91,900,000 · £8 2 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 139,200,000 · £12 20 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 131,250,000 · £22 5 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 536,600,000 · £7 50 Pence - Elizabeth II 5th portrait; Royal Shield 2015–2022 · 39,300,000 · £36

2020s 55 coins

10 Pounds - Elizabeth II World War II; Silver Proof 2020 100 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - I; Gold Proof 2020 · £2,400 100 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - II; Gold Proof 2020 100 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - III; Gold Proof 2020 200 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - I; Gold Proof 2020 · 260 · £7,000 200 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - II; Gold Proof 2020 200 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - III; Gold Proof 2020 25 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - I; Gold Proof 2020 · 1,067 · £750 25 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - II; Gold Proof 2020 25 Pounds - Elizabeth II James Bond - III; Gold Proof 2020 25 Pounds - Elizabeth II World War II; Gold Proof 2020 500 Pounds - Elizabeth II World War II; Gold Proof 2020 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1960s; Silver Proof 2023 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1970s; Silver Proof 2023 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1960s; Gold Proof 2023 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1970s; Gold Proof 2023 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1960s; Gold Proof 2023 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1970s; Gold Proof 2023 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1960s; Gold Proof 2023 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1970s; Gold Proof 2023 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Silver Proof 2024 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s; Silver Proof 2024 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s; Silver Proof 2024 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s; Silver Proof 2024 10 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2010s; Silver Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Gold Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1960s; 1oz Fine Gold 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1970s; 1oz Fine Gold 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s; Gold Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s; Gold Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s; Gold Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2010s; Gold Proof 2024 10000 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Gold Proof 2024 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Gold Proof 2024 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s; Gold Proof 2024 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s; Gold Proof 2024 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s; Gold Proof 2024 200 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2010s; Gold Proof 2024 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Gold Proof 2024 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s; Gold Proof 2024 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s; Gold Proof 2024 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s; Gold Proof 2024 25 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2010s; Gold Proof 2024 5 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer 2024 5 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s 2024 · £15 5 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s 2024 · £16 5 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s 2024 · £15 5 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2010s 2024 · £13 7000 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films Completer; Gold Proof 2024 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1980s; 1oz Fine Gold 2025 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 1990s; 1oz Fine Gold 2025 100 Pounds - Charles III Bond Films of the 2000s; 1oz Fine Gold 2025 100 Pounds - Charles III (Bond Films of the 2010s; 1oz Fine Gold) 2026 2 Pounds - Charles III (Bond Films of the 2010s; 1oz Fine Silver) 2026 5 Pounds - Charles III The Penny Drops 2026 · £21
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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 Bruce Rushin Stephen Raw

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