The Royal Mint celebrates the ever-popular Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on official UK coin for the first time
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LONDON, July 5, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
- The Royal Mint celebrates Alice's Adventures in Wonderland on official UK
coin in collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum
- The commemorative Pounds 5 crown, featuring Alice and the Cheshire Cat, is
inspired by Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations and is available from
today at The Royal Mint [https://www.royalmint.com/alice]
- Part of a two-coin collectors' series, the Through the Looking-Glass £5 crown
will be released later this year, to mark 150 years of the same title
- To mark the collaboration with the V&A, the coins were unveiled alongside Sir
John Tenniel's original illustrations at the museum's Alice: Curiouser and
Curiouser [http://www.vam.ac.uk/exhibitions/alice-curiouser-and-curiouser]
exhibition in London
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The Royal Mint has today unveiled the first official Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland coin collection inspired by the much-loved illustrations of the
original book.
In collaboration with the Victoria and Albert Museum, the special Pounds 5
crown featuring Alice and the Cheshire Cat is available from today. The coin
was revealed alongside the original illustrations by Sir John Tenniel at the
Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser exhibition at the world's leading museum of art,
design and performance.
Made by the Original Maker of UK coins, the Pounds 5 crown provides an ideal
canvas immortalising the iconic illustrations in vivid detail and colour, using
traditional minting techniques and innovative design technology. Featuring the
edge inscription "Curiouser and Curiouser," the intricate design is one of the
most detailed coins produced by the 1,100-year-old Makers.
Launched in base metal (known as brilliant uncirculated), and also available in
gold and silver, the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland keepsake is part of a
two-coin collectors' range created by The Royal Mint Designer Ffion Gwillim and
Sculptor Emma Noble. The second coin, featuring Tweedledum and Tweedledee, will
launch later this summer in celebration of 150 years of Through the
Looking-Glass – the sequel to the original Lewis Carroll book.
Much like the popularity of coin collecting, the treasured tales have passed
the test of time – currently the second most searched children's book in the UK
on Google.
Clare Maclennan Divisional Director of Commemorative Coin at The Royal Mint
said:
"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is a true classic, cherished by generations
of adults and children of all ages and is still as popular today. In
collaboration with the V&A, we have commemorated this treasured tale for the
first time on an official UK coin.
"Inspired by Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations, the beautiful £5 crown
has been crafted to the finest quality, combining traditional minting skills
with innovation in design technology. I'm sure the Alice's Adventures in
Wonderland range will become a popular choice for collectors, capturing the
imagination of people of all ages, launching at the awe-inspiring Victoria and
Albert Museum during the 150th anniversary of Through the Looking-Glass is a
fitting celebration."
Amelia Calver, Research and Development Manager, V&A Brand Licensing, commented:
"We're delighted to be celebrating the global phenomenon beloved by all ages,
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with the 2021 commemorative coins. The
designs masterfully capture the charm of Tenniel's original illustrations and
pay homage to some of the Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass characters
that Alice meets along the way. The 2021 coins are set to give fans the chance
to add to their existing collections and inspire new readers of the book to
discover the magic of Carroll's stories and embark on wondrous journeys of
their own."
More information about the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland commemorative coin
collection is available at The Royal Mint [https://www.royalmint.com/alice]
website.
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About The Royal Mint
The Royal Mint has an unbroken history of minting British coinage dating back
over 1,100 years. Based in the Tower of London for over 500 years, by 1812 The
Royal Mint had moved out of the Tower to premises on London's Tower Hill. In
1967 the building of a new Royal Mint began on its current site in South Wales,
UK, to accommodate the minting of UK decimal coinage.
Today, The Royal Mint is the world's largest export mint, supplying coins to
the UK and overseas countries. The Royal Mint has also diversified into a
number of other complementary businesses, building on the values that have been
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art, design and performance with collections unrivalled in their scope and
diversity, spanning 5000 years of human creativity. It was established in 1852
to make works of art available to all and to inspire British designers and
manufacturers. Today, its purpose is to champion creative industry, inspire the
next generation, and spark everyone's imagination.
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