UK entry to Common Market

Details

Date

1973

Author / Artist

David Wynne

Dimensions

25cm

Material

Plaster

Catalogue number

WYN.8.28

Current location

Plug Street

Large plaster cast of coin design. In 1973 The Royal Mint and HM Government commissioned David Wynne to model the reverse of the new 50p coin commemorating Britain’s entry into the European Common Market. The nine linked hands, were modelled on the hands of David, his wife Gilli, his stepson Johnny and one of his craftsmen, Bill Amer.