The Mint
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| Address | 10 Macquarie St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia |
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| Hours | Closed ⋅ Opens 9AM Mon |
| Phone | +61 2 8239 2288 |
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The Snowman 50p coin unveiled by Royal Mint for Christmas
A new collectable coin celebrating The Snowman has been launched by the Royal Mint .
The design retells about James, a young boy who builds a snowman that comes to life.
It is The First of The Mint 's 50p Christmas coins to feature the official coinage portrait of King Charles .
First published in 1978, The Snowman has sold More Than 5. 5 million copies around The World .
The 2023 coin design is The Sixth Snowman edition to be added to the Royal Mint 's Christmas series.
Rebecca Morgan, director of collector services at the Royal Mint , said: " Continuing Our Partnership with award-winning illustrator Robin Shaw , We Are excited to release another original festive coin that brings Raymond Briggs 's story to life in a new way.
" This year's edition of The Snowman coin is particularly special, being The First of our Christmas coins with King Charles III's effigy on its obverse.
" We hope that people love the coin's design and look to collect a piece of British Christmas history. "
Author-illustrator Briggs died last August at the Age Of 88.
The Snowman was turned into a Bafta TV award-winning animated TV film in 1982.
It also received an Oscar nomination for best animated short film.
It was first broadcast on Boxing Day 1982 and has been shown almost every Christmas since.
The Film is dialogue free, the Only Words featuring in The Hit song taken from it, Howard Blake 's Walking in the Air.
Sung on screen by St Paul's Cathedral choirboy Peter Auty , the recorded version was performed by Bangor-born Aled Jones - who was then 14-years-old - and it reached the UK Top Five in 1985.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com