ATCs For All - Painted Coins

For some reason - nothing to do with my age - I thought of the design for this made out of the metallic covers for Chocolate Money.
Then I re read the rules - yes! I know!
Should've read them first!
To be in this swap I have to draw ... draw?

I sorted out some coins from my purse ..... placed them on the desk and covered with paper.   Brass rubbings come to mind.

With pencil in hand I began rubbing ... not the best.
Looks like I ought to try my hand at drawing, can't be any worse!!


The front of our coins have a side silhouette of our Gracious Queen so I drew the rear of the coins.
The copper penny is quite small and this one has a portcullis - drawn in pencil and coloured over with a pencil and then watercoloured across.

 The two pence piece is also copper but larger in size.  The Prince of Wales feathers appear on the back of this coin drawn in pencil and coloured with colour pencil.

I used a silver shilling (12 'old' pence) for my third card so I left it uncoloured and washed some deep yellow paint over.  I added two rows of dots through a stencil along the top.

I printed some 'money' quotes in various fonts and then arranged them on the appropriate cards.  I rubbed a 'matching' inkpad over these and adhered them to the card.

The 'new' coins that are being minted nowadays have a matching background, they each have a part of the shield that is found on the One Pound Coin.