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Sneschana Russewa-Hoyer

Designer of two silver coins of the 1999 yılı Euro Serie. Both of 4.000.000 TL nominal value; Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, and the Bosphorus (Boğaziçi; which was also struck in gold in 2000 with a 50.000.000 TL face value)

Coins were released in accordance with the agreement between the Turkish State Mint and the German MDM firm.

Other coins of the 1999 Euro Serie:

  • Dolmabahce Palace, 3.000.000 TL, 1998
  • Galata Tower, 3.000.000 TL, 1998 Esin Özkul(*1)
  • Saint of Myra; Santa Claus, 1.500.000 TL, 1997 Hakkı Baha Çavuşgil
  • Living Legend Troy, 500.000 TL, 1999 David Cornell
  • Galata Tower (gold), 50.000.000 TL, 2001 Waldemar Wronski
  • Seafront Mansions of the Bosphorus, 10.000.000 TL, 2001 Waldemar Wronski
  • Saint of Myra; Santa Claus,(gold), 10.000.000 TL, 2000 Hakkı Baha Çavuşgil

[1] Golden coin of 2000, bearing the same design is listed as a handiwork of Waldemar Wronski.

The artist was born in Bulgaria in 1953 (in Cyrillic “Снежана Русева – Хойер”), went to East Berlin to study graphic design in the 70’ies and married Heinz Hoyer.

Federal Eagle of Germany designed by Snezhana & Heinz Hoyer (foto: ECB)

They won the design competition of 1997 for the German Euro coins. Their design of the Federal Eagle (Bundesadler) is used on the 1 and 2 Euro coins in circulation since 2002.

They work on designs of stamps, coins and medals.

https://www.muenzenundmedaillen.de/designer

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sneschana_Russewa-Hoyer

cover photo: Wikipedia

Adrian Arthur Senger (1926 ~ 2016)

He is the graphic designer of the 20,000 Lira banknotes from the seventh emission group, which depict the Central Bank of Turkey Headquarters on the reverse, and the 50,000 Lira banknote, which features the Turkish Grand National Assembly composition (*1).
These two banknotes are the last banknotes whose designs were created by a foreign artist. The original designs for the banknotes were created in Türkiye by watercolor artist and graphic designer Adrian Arthur Senger, while the engravings, films, and plates were produced in Switzerland, at De La Rue Giori.

 

Senger studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste München (Munich Academy of Fine Arts). From 1959 to 1971, he worked as a graphic artist at the Giori firm in Milan.

From 1960 to 1962, he studied banknote and document design at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Brera Academy of Fine Arts). From 1979 to 1987, he worked as a graphic designer and art consultant at De La Rue Giori in Lausanne, Switzerland. He also contributed to the design of the Deutsche Mark banknotes (*2).

[1] TCMB LİRA Bülteni, Ocak 2009 Sayı: 49, “1927’den 2009’a Cumhuriyet Banknotları“, Hüseyin Şaşmaz (*51, s. 12).

[2] Adrian Arthur Senger – Wikipedia

Abdullah Taşçı

Abdullah Tasci and his professor Namik Bayik created the patterns for the majority of the coins of the 1982 Spain FIFA World Cup Commemorative Coins series. (One coin of the set of four pieces was designed mint sculptor Suat Ozyonum.)

He enrolled the Academy of Fine Arts in 1967, and graduated the Graphical Arts Faculty in 1972.

He became assistant professor in 1982 with his thesis titled “Graphic Layout and Contemporary Book Graphics in Turkish Manuscripts” under Prof. Emin Barın. He tought at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts until his reitrement in 1999. Afterwards he tought at Maltepe University between 2000 and 2007, and at Dogus University between 2007 and 2020.

He created the logo still used by the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, designed 8 font families, and translated around 1.000 fonts into Turkish.

Personal website:https://www.abdullahtasci.com.tr/whoisabdullahtasci

*Etem Çalışkan, who is also a student of Prof. Emin Barın and Namik Bayik, designed the commemorative coins for the centenary of Atatürk’s birth.

Hakkı Erkartal

The artist was born in 1945, started working for the Turkish State Mint in 1959. Transferred to the engraving workshop in 1978 and produced two commemorative coin models (*27, Sf. 192).

Coins by Hakkı Erkartal;

  • 1978 Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi, 705. anniversary; gold and silver pieces
  • 1978 World Football Championship Argentina silver commemorative

Mustafa Üstün

Mustafa Ustun has graphic designs on the front and back of the 6th Emission 1.000 Lira, and the front of the E7 1.000 TL. He also designed the back side of the E-7 series 5.000 TL 1st type banknote, that was put into circulation in 1979. Ataturk portrait on both banknotes is engraved by Selahattin Tuga. Mevlana engraving on the back of the 5.000 Lira is the handiwork of Şükrü Ertürk.

One of the graphic designs he made in previous years was transformed into the front face design of the seventh issue 100 TL in 1983.

Born in Akseki district of Antalya towards the end of the 1930s, Mustafa Üstün graduated from Antalya Aksu Primary Teachers School and then studied at the Ankara Gazi Education Institute Painting-Work Department. Then he began teaching art. In the meantime, he made graphic designs for diplomas and similar documents printed at the Apa Ofset Printing House founded by Ferit Apa, a graphics teacher at the Gazi Education Institute.

In the early 1960s, upon Ferit Apa’s recommendation, he started working at the banknote printing house painting workshop. Then, he completed his undergraduate studies at the Kassel Fine Arts School in Germany and received a graphic designer diploma. During his internship at the Austrian state printing house, he acquired information about banknote graphic design and engraving in the taydus technique.

He made graphic designs for some stamps:

  • 1970 United Nations 25th Anniversary 220 Kurus value stamp
  • 1970 “Ankara 70 Postage Stamps Turkey 3rd National Exhibition” commemorative block with tulip motif
  • 1971 Izmir Mediterranean Games 100 Kr
  • 1983 World Communication Year 70 TL value stamp

He designed banknote graphic designs of the Service Souvenir certificates of the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye. Also valuable papers such as checks and treasury bonds. He worked as Assistant Manager at the Banknote Printing House between 1983 and 1990, then was hired as a consultant and retired a few years later.

(We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Mr. Mustafa Çakırcalı, who contributed to our article with valuable information about Mustafa Üstün)

 

* Click for other artists who contributed to the design of Turkish currency.

[1] stamp images source Pulhane.com
[2] banknote images source CBRT Virtual Museum

Masino Bessi

Fiorenzo Masino Bessi is the graphic designer of the sixth emission 50, 100 and 500 Lira banknotes, whose Atatürk portrait engravings were made by Alfred Nefe (*1).

Masino Bessi’s most famous works are the Italian banknotes from the early 1960s, when he was commissioned by the Bank of Italy to redesign banknotes in need of renewal in a way that would honor Italian creativity.

Portraits of Verdi, Raphael and Michelangelo were initially proposed for the 1.000, 5.000 and 10.000 Lire banknotes. Later, Raphael was replaced by Christopher Columbus, and Leonardo da Vinci was chosen for the 10,000 Lire banknote as a pioneer of scientific research and modern technology.

Bessi also reworked the designs of the 5.000 and 10.000 Lire banknotes, previously designed by artist Lazzaro Lazzarini, to ensure a coherent design for the entire series (*2).

Sketches and examples of Italian banknotes.

He also designed the graphic banknotes of various countries such as Indonesia (1952 1.000 Rupees), Belgium (1961 series of 100, 500 and 1.000 Francs) and Israel (1968 10, 50 and 100 Pounds).

* Click for other artists who contributed to the design of Turkish coins.

 

[1] EkoTürk TV interview with Şükrü Ertürk (in Turkish).

[2] source: Bank of Italy, history of emissions.

[3] banknote images: (CBRT) Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye Virtual Museum