OUGD603 - Brief 1 - Souvenir Penny Designs - Research - Existing Penny Designs

Existing / Previous Penny Designs in Leeds 

The Penny Collector Website allows collectors of Pressed Pennies to upload locations of presses. 

The site allows designs from all over the world to be found. Within each countries page it lists the name of the place / attraction, area in the country it is located in and lets you view pictures of the designs that are available at the place. It also lists places and the designs from retired machines.  

The Royal Armouries Museum (Currently in Circulation)

Leeds City Museum (Not in Circulation)

Emmerdale Studio Experience Tour (Emmerdale Production Centre) 

Leeds United Football Club (Not in Circulation)

Other Varied Design from other parts of the Country:

London Science Museum

Bristol Aquarium 

Coronation Street the Tour - Lancashire (Not in Circulation)

The World of Beatrix Potter Attraction - Cumbria

Kingdom of Sweets - London

Woburn Safari Park - Bedfordshire

Chester Zoo - Cheshire

Designs from various places around the world:

New York - Niagara Falls

Washington DC - National Geographic Society Explores Hall

Florida - Universal Studios Islands of Adventure

Things noticed from the existing designs:

- A majority of the designs have a dashed dotted line or solid line around the main design in the middle

- Most have the name of the place within the design with typefaces varying. A standard typeface used over multiple designs is a sans serif with rounded terminals. Their are other typefaces are used within  the main designs so it must be possible to use alternate typefaces throughout the design.

- Their are examples of both horizontal and vertical designs 

- Type is either incorporated into the main design or along the outside of the design so that it breaks up the outside dotted or solid line

- Some designs print the logo of the place or attraction on the reverse of the penny

- Imagery is often outlined for the most definition with some areas raised to create areas of filled shapes 

- A design is usually restricted to a particular sized oval shape 

- Imagery is usually focused around key aspects or highlights of the place / attraction or the logo of the place with one coin representing one thing

- Individual Penny Machines press a set of four designs 
- Complex images look best with raised areas rather than all outlined as this can look quite busy and less distinctive and creates little distinction between the image and text


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