UK’s Royal Mint just announced special coins and Potterheads are loving it | Harry Potter

The wizarding world of Harry Potter is a gift that keeps on giving and it all started 25 years ago when the ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’, the first book in the series, released.

Since then there have been Harry Potter plays, musicals, t-shirts, mufflers, jumpers, wands – the merchandising list is unending.

And now the Royal Mint, United Kingdom’s official coin maker, has announced a special set of coins featuring ‘the boy who lived’ to celebrate 25 years of the ‘The Philosopher’s Stone’.

The first of the coins with a portrait of Harry Potter has already been released.

There will be 4 coins of 50 pence, one featuring Harry Potter and 3 more reportedly featuring Albus Dumbledore, Hogwarts school and the Hogwarts Express.

The Royal Mint on its website stated, "Beginning with the boy wizard himself, our spellbinding collection celebrating the magical world of the Harry Potter stories marks the first time Harry Potter has appeared on UK coins."

The website also says that ‘a special design feature showing a lightning bolt and the number ‘25’ will appear on selected editions of the coin when it is moved’

The four-coin collection will feature coinage portraits of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and His Majesty The King.

The Royal Mint expects to release another coin in 2022 and the remaining two in 2023.

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