Finally magic money! The famous little wizard Harry Potter will appear on a series of coins in the United Kingdom, including a 50 pence, the Royal Mint, the British organization in charge of printing money and banknotes, revealed on Thursday.
“Royal Mint launches a collection of magical coins to celebrate the 25th anniversary of ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone'”, the first volume of the phenomenally successful adventures of the wizard and the fantasy world created by author JK Rowling, details the statement of press. Thursday.
The series will include four pieces, including a portrait of the famous bespectacled wizard, but also the Hogwarts Express train, Professor Albus Dumbledore and Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
The pieces include in particular an optical effect that mimics the impact of a “lightning” when it is rotated in front of the light, obtained thanks to a latest generation laser that gives both a “magical” character to the coins, but also it allows them to be secured and authenticated, specifies the Royal Mint.
literary phenomenon
Released in 1997, the seven-volume series chronicles the adventures of a young wizard named Harry Potter at Hogwarts School of Wizardry and his fight against Lord Voldemort, a dark wizard seeking immortality.
Sales of the books in this saga amount to hundreds of millions of dollars while the 8 movies have generated billions of dollars in revenue. The collector’s items unveiled Thursday by the Royal Mint also include two illustrated items featuring portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, who died last month, and two others featuring the official portrait of King Charles III, the press release details.
Source: BFM TV
