Winnie the Pooh: Special 50p coin launched by Royal Mint
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The coin features Winnie with his big pot of honey
The first of several limited-edition 50 pence coins featuring Winnie the Pooh has been launched by the Royal Mint.
Winnie the Pooh will be joined on the coins by other characters Christopher Robin and Piglet.
There will be four versions available, but they won't be cheap and they won't go in your pocket - they are collectable coins and the most expensive will cost 拢1,125!
The Royal Mint worked with Disney to design the coins based on original watercolour illustrations of the characters by the illustrator, EH Shepard.
The collectables coins are made from base metal, silver and red gold
There will be 45,000 coloured, 18,000 silver and only 525 gold coins put on sale which will be available to buy from the Royal Mint.
There have been other cool coins from the Royal Mint recently too! In 2017, the Royal Mint sold 221,866 uncirculated Peter Rabbit 50p coins.
In 2018 there was a Paddington Bear 50p coin.
Other characters such as Piglet and Christopher Robert will feature on coins from the same collection
In 2019, they released a 50p coin featuring the Gruffalo which was so popular it crashed their website, and also some Peter Pan 50p coins in 2019.
Earlier this year, the Royal Mint and the National History Museum also launched some special dinosaur coins.
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