Egyptian coin design crisis
Where did the ideas for Egyptian coins go? Why don't we admit that there is a crisis in the designs of Egyptian coins?
Why isn't there a link between the Mint and creative artists to solve the coin design crisis?
The crisis of designing Egyptian coins
We do not believe that any Egyptian artist would object if a state entity chose one of his artworks to represent Egypt on a large scale, as coins, especially commemorative ones, carry a message on their faces and act as ambassadors for the state at the national and regional levels.
But all we find is the disappearance of the distinctive ideas of artists on Egyptian coins, and even more than that that We see the Mint Authority appropriating designs and artwork by talented individuals and artists without their permission, as we presented to you in the article about the commemorative pound coin for medical teams. under address Has the Egyptian Mint exhausted its ideas? It was discovered that the main design was taken from one of the designs circulating on a stock photo website by a designer of Pakistani origin.
Has the Egyptian Mint exhausted its ideas?
Egyptian Rural Development Pound
What's even stranger is that, a year after the issuance of another one-pound coin bearing the title Developing the Egyptian countryside It was released in 2021 that it was discovered that the image placed on it was taken from another image without the knowledge of its owner!
Consulting engineer and artist Walid Yassin revealed on his official Facebook page that he had discovered by chance that the image of the rural girl placed on the metal pound was taken from one of the oil paintings he had created without his knowledge and without regard for his intellectual property rights, which received a great deal of interaction on social media pages.
If you look closely for a moment at the drawing and make a quick comparison with the image of the girl on the pound note, you will notice the striking similarity between the two drawings of the girl's face, including facial features, jewelry, the hijab, etc. So why wasn't the artist contacted to negotiate the use of his voice on the coin?
It is worth mentioning that 10 million pieces of the one pound denomination and 5 million pieces of the fifty piaster denomination have been introduced into the Egyptian markets, all bearing the image of the artist Walid Yassin.
About the artist Walid Yassin
Walid Yassin is a realist artist and painter, deeply in love with Egypt. This love became the ink of his brush, which he poured with longing onto the canvas. His paintings, reflecting his refined artistic vision, comprise a diverse collection of scenes from the heart of Egyptian culture and portraits. Walid Yassin's work began to appear in late 2011, and his oil painting of a rural girl is considered one of the most important works by this renowned Egyptian artist.
You can view some of the works of the artist Walid Yass through the website Wooarts
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