{{short description|British sculptor (born 1937)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{BLP sources|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = Raphael Maklouf | honorific_suffix = [[Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts|FRSA]] | birth_name = Raphael David Maklouf | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1937|12|10|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Jerusalem]], [[Mandatory Palestine]] | education = [[Camberwell School of Art]] | occupation = Sculptor }}
'''Raphael David Maklouf''' (born 10 December 1937) is a British [[sculpture|sculptor]], best known for designing an effigy of [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] used on the coins of many [[Commonwealth of Nations|Commonwealth]] nations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raphael Maklouf|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG111763|editor=The British Museum|access-date=2022-09-24}}</ref>
Maklouf was born in [[Jerusalem]], to a Jewish family; his father was Samuel Maklouf (1911–1990, born in [[Safed]], then in Palestine); his mother was Leonie Maklouf (born in Saarbrücken, Germany, 1915).
The family emigrated to the [[United Kingdom]] after the [[World War II|Second World War]]. 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]] in 1979. [[File:Terracotta Stations of the Cross by Raphael Maklouf in Brentwood Cathedral.jpg|thumb|One of Maklouf's Stations of the Cross in Brentwood Cathedral]] 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-07-11|title=Australia's most distinctive decimal coin turns 50!|url=https://www.changechecker.org/2019/07/11/australias-most-distinctive-decimal-coin-turns-50/|access-date=2020-10-18|website=Change Checker|language=en-GB}}</ref> He is additionally known for his sculptural design representing the fifteen [[Stations of the Cross]] in [[Brentwood Cathedral]]. He is associated with [[Tower Mint|Tower Mint Ltd]], which privately produces medals, coins for collectors, and similar items.
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==External links== *[https://www.towermint.co.uk/ Tower Mint website]
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