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<\/p>\nThe Snowman\u2122 is a welcome and familiar part of the Christmas celebrations for many and this year, The Snowman, a favourite festive character, is back to adorn official United Kingdom Christmas 50 pence coins for an eighth year. First released in 2018, the collector series is based on The\u00a0Snowman, a 26-minute animated film inspired by a book published in 1978 written by Raymond Briggs CBE and which was first telecast on the 26th December 1982 in the United Kingdom. The story of endearing friendship begins when a young boy, James, discovers a secret box hidden under the floorboards. In the box is a hat, a scarf, some lumps of coal, and a shrivelled tangerine \u2014 a\u00a0snowman-making kit! Later that day, it snows, and James builds a\u00a0snowman. That night, at the stroke of midnight, the\u00a0Snowman\u00a0magically comes to life. The boy awakens and joins his new friend on an amazing adventure, flying to the North Pole and a chance meeting with the man dressed in red himself, Santa Claus.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The softly illustrated animated scenes highlighted by no spoken dialogue became an immediate success and which would go on to receive a nomination for the 1982 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. A sequel entitled\u00a0The Snowdog\u00a0was subsequently released in 2012 to equal popularity.\u00a0This delightful animated short has aired at Christmastime every year since and, watching or reading The Snowman has become an annual tradition for millions of families across the world. Of particular interest to collectors, almost 750,000 Snowman 50 pence coins have been collected across 75 countries since the first design was struck.<\/p>\n
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In collaboration with\u00a0Snowman\u00a0Enterprises Ltd, the reverse side of the coins designed by award-winning animator and illustrator Robin Shaw who depicts a heart-warming scene of the fun and excitement of Christmas as the Snowman and James are decorating the Christmas tree with sparkling lights. The\u00a0obverse side includes the effigy of HM King Charles III created by engraver Martin Jennings. Both the denomination of\u00a050 PENCE<\/strong>\u00a0and the year of issue,\u00a02025<\/strong>\u00a0is shown as part of the legend surrounding the King\u2019s likeness.<\/p>\n Available from the 14th October<\/strong>, the\u00a0Brilliant Uncirculated base metal versions are presented in a Christmas-card type format suitable for exchanging as a holiday greeting.\u00a0The\u00a0special edition cupro-nickel colour reverse is presented in a folder with illustrations of\u00a0the\u00a0Snowman\u00a0and text describing\u00a0the\u00a0animated film.\u00a0The\u00a0silver Proof coins are housed in a custom Perspex\/lucite case, enabling\u00a0the\u00a0coin to be displayed and viewed from both sides.\u00a0The\u00a0gold Proof version is presented in a custom hardwood high gloss case accompanied with a certificate of authenticity. For additional information, please visit the e-webshop<\/a> of the Royal Mint.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Snowman\u2122 is a welcome and familiar part of the Christmas celebrations for many and this year, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":515174,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[27084,27068,748,27081,27066,27073,27072,27058,27059,27060,27061,27062,393,27063,27078,27074,27071,4884,27067,27082,27069,27079,1144,27075,27076,27065,27070,712,27064,27083,27077,16,15,1764,27080],"class_list":{"0":"post-515173","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uk","8":"category-united-kingdom","9":"tag-ase","10":"tag-bluesheet","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-buffalo-nickel","13":"tag-bullion-value","14":"tag-china-gold","15":"tag-chinese-coin-price","16":"tag-coin-dealer-newsletter","17":"tag-coin-prices","18":"tag-coin-values","19":"tag-currency-prices","20":"tag-currency-values","21":"tag-england","22":"tag-gold-coin","23":"tag-gold-panda","24":"tag-gold-value","25":"tag-goldsheet","26":"tag-great-britain","27":"tag-greysheet","28":"tag-mercury-dime","29":"tag-monthly-supplement","30":"tag-morgan-dollar","31":"tag-northern-ireland","32":"tag-panda-coin","33":"tag-panda-coin-value","34":"tag-platinum-coin","35":"tag-quarterly","36":"tag-scotland","37":"tag-silver-coin","38":"tag-silver-eagle","39":"tag-silver-panda","40":"tag-uk","41":"tag-united-kingdom","42":"tag-wales","43":"tag-walking-liberty-half"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=515173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515173\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/515174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=515173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=515173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=515173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n Denomination\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Metal\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Weight\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Diameter\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Quality\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n Maximum Mintage\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50 Pence\u00a0<\/td>\n Cupro-nickel\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00a08 g.\u00a0<\/td>\n 27.3 mm.\u00a0<\/td>\n BU<\/td>\n Unlimited\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50 Pence\u00a0<\/td>\n Cupro-nickel\u00a0<\/td>\n \u00a08 g.\u00a0<\/td>\n 27.3 mm.\u00a0<\/td>\n BU & colour<\/td>\n 16,000\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50 Pence\u00a0<\/td>\n .925 Silver\u00a0<\/td>\n 8 g.\u00a0<\/td>\n 27.3 mm.\u00a0<\/td>\n Proof & colour<\/td>\n 5010\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 500 Pounds<\/td>\n .999 Silver<\/td>\n 1005 g.<\/td>\n 100 mm.<\/td>\n Proof<\/td>\n 3 pieces<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 50 Pence\u00a0<\/td>\n .9167 Gold\u00a0<\/td>\n 15.5 g.<\/td>\n 27.3 mm.\u00a0<\/td>\n Proof<\/td>\n 110\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n