Also included is an informative folder, providing extra details, excerpts, and illustrations from Beatrix’s wonderful story. The case is not only protects the coin, but also acts as a presentation case. The details are further accentuated by the colour printing on this sterling silver coin, housed in a clear acrylic case. The four coins issued in 2016 created a collecting frenzy, crashing The Royal Mint’s. Jeremy Fisher, and Tom Kitten all feature for the first time on UK coinage whilst Peter Rabbit scampers back onto our currency for the second year in a row. The mouse sits, cross-legged on a reel of ‘twist’, reading a newspaper with glasses on. Four new Beatrix Potter 50p silver coins have been revealed by The Royal Mint. The latest release for 2018 welcomes one of the mice from her story, ‘The Tailor of Gloucester,’ to the Great British Coin Hunt.Įmma Noble’s exceptional design is based on Beatrix’s original illustration and highlighted by the Brilliant Uncirculated finish.
Since then, more of Beatrix’s adored characters have appeared in British change. In celebration of her life and work, the Royal Mint announced a collection of 50p coins in 2016, timed with what would be her 150 th birthday.
For 23 brilliant stories, Beatrix Potter has been capturing the imagination of readers worldwide for over a century. Squirrel Nutkin 50p coin was issued in August 2016 as the 5th coin in the first Beatrix Potter coin series from The Royal Mint.
