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|Arnold Machin O.B.E, R.A.(30 September 1911 – 9 March 1999) was a United Kingdom artist, sculptor, coin and stamp designer.

Machin was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1911. He started work at the age of 14 as an apprentice china painter at the Mintons Ltd Pottery, and during the Great Depression he learnt to sculpt at the Art School in Stoke-on-Trent. He later moved to Derby, England, and the Royal Academy in London. After spending the Second World War as a conscientious objector, he returned to modelling and sculpture, and created many notable ceramics which are now prized collectors' items. In 1946 he was elected an associate member of the Royal Academy, was appointed a Master of Sculpture from 1959 to 1966 and became the longest-serving member of the Academy. He was elected an Academician in 1956 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of British Sculptors. From 1951 he was a tutor at the Royal College of Art, where he entered the culture that was to bring him his most celebrated commissions.

In 1964 Machin was chosen to design a new effigy of the Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom for the decimal coinage, which was to be introduced from 1968; this effigy was used for all British coins until 1984 (it was still on coins of New Zealand and Australia in 1985 and it remained on Canada's coinage until 1989.)

In 1966 the Queen approved Machin's similar design for an effigy of her to be used on what come to be known as the "Machin series" of British Definitive stamp postage stamps. The design, which Machin sets in the context of ceramic sculpture, was first used on the 4British one penny coin (pre-decimal) value which was issued in June 1967, and has been used on all British definitive stamps (except more recent regional issues) ever since. It is thought that this design is the most reproduced work of art in history with, to date, approximately 300 billion copies produced.

In 2007 the Machin-designed stamp was still in use at its 40th anniversary and to mark the occasion, the Post Office issued a commemorative stamp featuring a photograph of Arnold Machin. It was also available for sale in a miniature sheet which incorporated another stamp with a reproduction of a Machin series stamp as well as two actual £1 Machins in different colours.

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