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Raphael David Maklouf (born 10 December 1937) is a British 
Two of his designs were selected for British coinage on 8 August 1984, one for general circulation and another for commemorative issues. They were used on the coins of several countries from 1985 to 1997. His initials, RDM, are engraved at the base of the Queen's neck. He is additionally known for his sculptural design representing the fifteen Stations of the Cross in Brentwood Cathedral. He is associated with Tower Mint Ltd, which privately produces medals, coins for collectors, and similar items.
Tower Mint website
1937 births British people of Palestinian-Jewish descent Living people Jews from Mandatory Palestine Artists from Jerusalem Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Emigrants from Mandatory Palestine to the United Kingdom 20th-century British sculptors British male sculptors Coin designers 20th-century British male artists Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts {{UK-sculptor-stub
sculptor
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, best known for designing an effigy of Queen Elizabeth II
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used on the coins of many Commonwealth
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nations.
Maklouf was born in Jerusalem
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, to a Jewish family; his father was Samuel Maklouf (1911–1990, born in Safed
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, then in Palestine); his mother was Leonie Maklouf (born in Saarbrücken, Germany, 1915).
The family emigrated to the United Kingdom
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after the Second World War
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. Raphael Maklouf attended the Camberwell School of Art until 1958, afterwards becoming an academic lecturer for ten years. He was made an Associate of the Royal Society of British Sculptors
The Royal Society of Sculptors (RSS) is a British charity established in 1905, which promotes excellence in the art and practice of sculpture. Its headquarters are a centre for contemporary sculpture on Old Brompton Road in South Kensington, Lo ...
in 1979.
Two of his designs were selected for British coinage on 8 August 1984, one for general circulation and another for commemorative issues. They were used on the coins of several countries from 1985 to 1997. His initials, RDM, are engraved at the base of the Queen's neck. He is additionally known for his sculptural design representing the fifteen Stations of the Cross in Brentwood Cathedral. He is associated with Tower Mint Ltd, which privately produces medals, coins for collectors, and similar items.
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External links
Tower Mint website
1937 births British people of Palestinian-Jewish descent Living people Jews from Mandatory Palestine Artists from Jerusalem Alumni of Camberwell College of Arts Emigrants from Mandatory Palestine to the United Kingdom 20th-century British sculptors British male sculptors Coin designers 20th-century British male artists Fellows of the Royal Society of Arts {{UK-sculptor-stub