Hogwarts Express (Cupro-Nickel Colour)
PDFGeneral information
Country:
Catalogue code:
UK22HEBU
Series:
Year of issue:
2022
Period:
Dimensions:
27.30 mm
Face value:
0.5 GBP
Metal:
Cupronickel - 8 g
Weight, g:
8 g
Themes:
Designer:
Shape:
Heptagonal (7-sided)
Coin types:
Commemorative base-metal coins
Strike quality:
BUNC
Description
The second coin in the Royal Mint collection dedicated to the 25th anniversary of the publication of the novel "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone". The reverse features the Hogwarts Express based on an illustration by Jim Kay (adapted by Fion Gwillim); a latent image shows a lightning bolt and the number 25. The obverse bears the final portrait of Elizabeth II by Jody Clark. Issued in collaboration with Bloomsbury Publishing, The Blair Partnership, and Warner Bros.
Base metal (cupro-nickel), BUNC quality, in a card packaging.