Ian Rank-Broadley (born 1952) is a British sculptor who has produced many acclaimed works, among which are several designs for British coinage.
Rank-Broadley
effigy of
Elizabeth II
In 1997 he won the Royal Mint competition for a new effigy of Elizabeth II to appear on the obverse of circulated British coinage from 1998 onward. In 1998 he also won a Royal Mint competition for his design of the Queen Mother Centennial crown coin. Later he designed the reverse of a five-pound commemorative of the Golden Jubilee which was issued in 2002.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Rank-Broadley's works are in enormous demand; his Equus 1, a 30 × 32 × 18 cm. bronze statue, was stolen from the Bohun Gallery on 1 January 2003. [1] His works are on display throughout Europe and the US, at such places as the British Museum, London's National Portrait Gallery, the Ashmolean Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and several others.
A member of the Royal Society of British Sculptors (Associate 1989, Fellow 1994), Rank-Broadley was granted Freedom of the City of London in 1996. He currently resides and works in Gloucestershire.
