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New Rare Royal Mint 50p Is Revealed with some Worth over 4,000 Times Its Face Value
The coins feature studio-designed characters and start at £15, with a recycled-gold version priced at £2,420, the Royal Mint said.
- On Tuesday, The Royal Mint launched a new series of 50p coins commemorating 50 years of Aardman Animations, featuring iconic characters including Wallace and Gromit on the reverse side.
- Bristol-Based Aardman Animations has captivated audiences since the 1970s with stop-motion storytelling, building generations of fans through iconic creations that span decades of British cultural history.
- Designed by Aardman, the coins feature Morph, Feathers McGraw, and Shaun The Sheep, with prices starting at £15 for uncirculated editions, £25 for colour versions, and £2,420 for gold.
- Peter Lord, Aardman co-founder, recently visited The Royal Mint to strike one of the first coins, saying: "I'm very proud that the story of Aardman, and the characters we've created over the last 50 years, are being celebrated."
- Rebecca Morgan, director at The Royal Mint, noted Aardman characters hold "truly extraordinary" nostalgia in British life, while the Mint aims to extend sustainable gold coin production to all collectable designs by 2026.
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Wallace & Gromit commemorated in new 50 years of Aardman Royal Mint coin collection – Here's how to buy it
In a celebration of Aardman's 50th anniversary, the Royal Mint is immortalising the iconic figures of Wallace & Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Morph with a new commemorative coin collection.The British animator has grown from a Bristol-based studio to a global phenomenon with famous stories like Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers and A Close Shave.Now, fans can enjoy the team's best characters with the new coin and memorabilia range, which includ…
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New rare Royal Mint 50p is revealed with some worth over 4,000 times its face value
The 50p piece is being launched by The Royal Mint in celebration of Aardman Animations' five decades of storytelling and stop-motion animation.
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