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2 unusual facts about Percy Metcalfe


Percy Metcalfe

Percy Metcalfe, CVO, RDI (Wakefield, 14 January 1895 - 1970), (often spelled Metcalf without "e") was an English artist sculptor and designer.

He created a portrait of King George V which was used as the obverse for coins of Australia, Canada, Fiji, Mauritius, New Zealand and Southern Rhodesia.


Coins of the Republic of Ireland

Three Irish artists Jerome Connor, Albert Power and Oliver Sheppard were chosen, and also the foreign artists Paul Manship (American), Percy Metcalfe (English) Carl Milles (Swedish) and Publio Morbiducci (Italian); a number of other artists were invited but did not take part.


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