The Royal Mint celebrates 50 years of fun with a new commemorative coin collection featuring the Mr. Men Little Miss Characters
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LONDON, Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
The Royal Mint, the Original Maker of UK coins, has today launched a
commemorative coin collection to celebrate 50 years of fun with some of the Mr.
Men Little Miss characters.
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The Mr. Men Little Miss commemorative coin collection features Mr Happy, Little
Miss Sunshine, and Little Miss Giggles with Mr Strong on a £5 crown. All three
coin designs have been created exclusively by Adam Hargreaves, son of creator
Roger Hargreaves, to celebrate the characters' 50th anniversary. The Brilliant
Uncirculated edition of the coin features the latest colour printing techniques
showcasing the Mr. Men Little Miss characters in vivid colour - capturing their
vibrant personalities. The Royal Mint will also be hiding 50 golden Mr Tickle
tickets amongst all three of the colour brilliant uncirculated commemorative
coins. Every customer that finds a gold Mr Tickle ticket will be entitled to a
Mr Men and Little Miss prize bundle.
Clare Maclennan, Divisional Director of Commemorative Coin at The Royal Mint
spoke with Adam Hargreaves in a zoom call, where they discussed the designs and
characters, the excitement around Mr. Men Little Miss turning 50 and what steps
The Royal Mint takes to produce a coin that celebrates an occasion such as this.
Clare comments, "Each year we celebrate British icons, anniversaries and
moments from history on commemorative coins, and this is a fun new addition to
the collection. With this year marking the 50th anniversary since the Mr. Men
Little Miss characters were introduced to the world, it felt right to celebrate
the loveable characters on their own commemorative coins.
"All three coin designs have been designed exclusively by Adam Hargreaves, son
of Roger Hargreaves the original creator and illustrator of the Mr. Men Little
Miss. I had the pleasure of chatting to Adam in a recent zoom call and it was
brilliant to hear his positive feedback on the range."
Adam Hargreaves, son of Roger Hargreaves, main author and illustrator of Mr.
Men and Little Miss and designer of the Mr. Men Little Miss commemorative coin
collection said, "It is an absolute honour to not only have the Mr. Men Little
Miss characters' feature on official UK commemorative coins but to have the
opportunity to create the designs that feature on the coins too. Over the past
50 years Mr. Men Little Miss characters' have grown to become a global
favourite amongst many and I am delighted to be celebrating 50 years of fun
with The Royal Mint and I hope fans of the Mr. Men Little Miss series will be
just as thrilled with this commemorative coin collection as I am."
Created by prolific illustrator Roger Hargreaves in 1971, the Mr. Men Little
Miss books and their ever-growing world of 'Happyland' have become a global
favourite amongst many. The inspiration came in the form of a simple question:
what does a tickle look like? The answer was Mr. Tickle, who is now one of more
than 90 characters in an ever-growing collection, read in multiple languages in
more than 24 countries around the world. Today, the Mr. Men Little Miss
characters are illustrated by Roger's son, Adam, captivating a new generation
of fans with each passing decade.
To further celebrate the 50th anniversary of Mr. Men Little Miss, special guest
Little Miss Inventor has also taken on the responsibility as Virtual Tour Guide
at The Royal Mint Experience. While the door of The Royal Mint Experience
remains temporarily closed, customers are able to virtually go behind the
scenes of The Royal Mint to discover how the coins found in their pockets are
made.
The first coin in the series features Mr. Happy and is available as gold and
silver Proof editions, as well as a Brilliant Uncirculated edition and a
special colour printed Brilliant Uncirculated edition, exclusively available
from The Royal Mint. Visit www.royalmint.com/MrMen to view the full
commemorative coin range. The coin will not be going into general circulation.
SOURCE: The Royal Mint
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