Alternate Banknotes and Coins Thread
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VT45
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Thanks! Here's continuing on with the series.
This is the £5 note of the Commonwealth of New England, worth $4.76 in OTL US dollars today. Obverse is on the top, reverse on the bottom.
Some of the details might be hard to make out, so here's some explanation. The man on the obverse is Robert Ballard, a notable oceanographer based out of Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts. The rock formations are the Hopewell Rocks in the upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy. And for those of you who want to know what the quote is on the back, here it is:
"But more wonderful than
the lore of old men and the
lore of books is the secret lore of ocean."
This is the £5 note of the Commonwealth of New England, worth $4.76 in OTL US dollars today. Obverse is on the top, reverse on the bottom.
Some of the details might be hard to make out, so here's some explanation. The man on the obverse is Robert Ballard, a notable oceanographer based out of Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute, Massachusetts. The rock formations are the Hopewell Rocks in the upper reaches of the Bay of Fundy. And for those of you who want to know what the quote is on the back, here it is:
"But more wonderful than
the lore of old men and the
lore of books is the secret lore of ocean."
King Helü of Wu
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What software do you guys use for coin design?
I just cannot get the legend round and the color gold.
I just cannot get the legend round and the color gold.
King Helü of Wu
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Did a set for Singapore,
But in the end,five cents is the only coin I'm satisfied with.
20 toliars (tallers) of the Democratic Republic of Orava and Kysuce from my Sparrow Avengers universe. Pavol Orságh Hviezdoslav on the obverse and the country's coat of arms on the reverse.
I was wondering what software you use for the notes? and is it something I could do in GIMP? I've looked around the net tonight and not come up with much
Hi, Scott.
So far, I've never made a coin on my own entirely from scratch. I've just fiddled with one of the two coin makers listed here :
http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/do..._for_creating_illustrated_ah_content#websites
And, like in my latest example, I finish off any small graphical errors that might crop up even after the coin is generated by editing the image in GIMP after I save it to my HD. For instance, in said coin I posted here recently, I had to finish the upper corners of the coat of arms on the reverse side of the coin. Those corners didn't come out entirely as I planned, even after numerous setting resets on the coin generator. So, I had to do some minor cropping, copying and mild airbrushing.
If you want more crisp images when making or modifying images of coins, maps, flags, CoAs, etc., save them in .png. It helps greatly.
Hi, Scott.
So far, I've never made a coin on my own entirely from scratch. I've just fiddled with one of the two coin makers listed here :
http://wiki.alternatehistory.com/do..._for_creating_illustrated_ah_content#websites
And, like in my latest example, I finish off any small graphical errors that might crop up even after the coin is generated by editing the image in GIMP after I save it to my HD. For instance, in said coin I posted here recently, I had to finish the upper corners of the coat of arms on the reverse side of the coin. Those corners didn't come out entirely as I planned, even after numerous setting resets on the coin generator. So, I had to do some minor cropping, copying and mild airbrushing.
If you want more crisp images when making or modifying images of coins, maps, flags, CoAs, etc., save them in .png. It helps greatly.
Thanks Petike,
I'll have a look tonight when I get home from work
well here's my very first attempt at a note no reverse (solely as I couldn't find one for the template I've used)
This is for my TL where amongst other things with Imperial Preference running for the last 30+ years and more imperial integration with the Dominions the Bank of England was charged with issuing a new single imperial wide currency. Edward is crowned but he never got evolved with a certain American and with a near death experience under his belt became a changed man and dare I say it more supportive to the Empires non white citizens.
This is for my TL where amongst other things with Imperial Preference running for the last 30+ years and more imperial integration with the Dominions the Bank of England was charged with issuing a new single imperial wide currency. Edward is crowned but he never got evolved with a certain American and with a near death experience under his belt became a changed man and dare I say it more supportive to the Empires non white citizens.
Here's my first attemp at making banknotes, This the an example of a florijn banknote. used in the republic of Flanders until the adaptation of the euro in 2001.
So i've been thinking about doing this.
So i've been thinking about doing this.
- 1 Florijn = Front: Father Damian, Saint & Missionary Back: Molokai Island
- 5 Florijnen = Front: Gerardus Mercator, Carthographer Back: Rupermonde
- 10 Florijnen = Front = Jacob Artevelde, Military Leader Back: Gent
- 20 Florijnen = Front = James Ensor, Painter Back: Oostende
- 50 Florijnen = Front: Ambiorix, Gaulish Leader Back: Tongeren
- 100 Florijnen = Front: Jan Breydel & Pieter Deconick, Flemish Freedom Fighters Back: Brugge
- 200 Florijnen = Front: Dirk Frimout, Astronaut Back: Rocket
- 500 Florijnen = Front: Pieter Paul Ruberns, Painter Back: Antwerpen
- 1000 Florijnen = Front: Flemish Parliament Back: Brussels
The Awesome Hat
From my ASB TL Kartunesia and Thirteen Martyrs, the Awesome Hat (OTL equivalent value in US Dollars still under deliberation).
Most portraits of personalities are credits to miyajimamizy, Moondrophime, NickLavin and Yami-Chii over at deviantART and Tumblr.
Designs are inspired by the current New Generation Philippine Peso series, fonts used are London 2012 Olympics, Gill Sans MT and Verdana.
All designs are made using PowerPoint 2007.
Obverse only complete, reverse pictures (all structures/places of interest) are to be drawn by hand.
H20 • H50 • H100 • H200 • H500 • H1000 • H2000 • H5000 • H10000
From my ASB TL Kartunesia and Thirteen Martyrs, the Awesome Hat (OTL equivalent value in US Dollars still under deliberation).
Most portraits of personalities are credits to miyajimamizy, Moondrophime, NickLavin and Yami-Chii over at deviantART and Tumblr.
Designs are inspired by the current New Generation Philippine Peso series, fonts used are London 2012 Olympics, Gill Sans MT and Verdana.
All designs are made using PowerPoint 2007.
Obverse only complete, reverse pictures (all structures/places of interest) are to be drawn by hand.
H20 • H50 • H100 • H200 • H500 • H1000 • H2000 • H5000 • H10000
pretty good though a bit too much empty space in my mind. Not that I'm saying you should necessarily add objects but maybe just resize/rearange and reduce the distance between the various elements or else have a more complex pattern.
EDIT: quick and dirty to illustrate what I mean
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