2022 commemorative coins dedicated to Tale of Peter Rabbit, by Royal Mint
- April 06, 2022
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The Royal Mint has revealed commemorative coins marking 120 years since the first publication of Beatrix Potter’s The Tale of Peter Rabbit, developed in collaboration with Penguin Ventures.
Royal Mint will issue a £2, two £5 and a £100 commemorative coins.
Most-loved childhood characters
As well as minting the coins found in our pockets, The Royal Mint makes collectable coins celebrating key themes and milestones and featuring some of Britain’s most-loved childhood characters on UK coin.
The Royal Mint’s own Ffion Gwillim created the design using original storybook illustrations, settling on an image showing Peter Rabbit surrounded by wildflowers, bees, and butterflies.
A coin designed by Ffion Gwillim
Speaking about the design, Ffion said, “As the coin is a celebration of The Tale of Peter Rabbit, I knew from the beginning that I wanted the coin to be cheerful and have a celebratory feel. I took inspiration from the colourful floral illustrations seen throughout the book.
“Taking the different floral elements from pages in the book to create a new scene on a round coin was a welcomed design challenge – applying colour to such a detailed coin also took a lot of care and precision.”
Recently, research from The Royal Mint revealed that more than half of 35–44-year-olds said that childhood character coins were the main reason for starting a collection (51%). The childhood character coins also inspired almost three quarters of Royal Mint’s collectors aged 18-24 (74%).
Sources: Royal Mint and NUMISMAG
