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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jfreakofkorn, post: 2309373, member: 53066&quot;]<a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380721/New-coins-Mint-pulls-rabbit-hat-Beatrix-Potter-Shakespeare-Great-Fire-London-designs-mark-figures-events-1-000-years.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380721/New-coins-Mint-pulls-rabbit-hat-Beatrix-Potter-Shakespeare-Great-Fire-London-designs-mark-figures-events-1-000-years.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3380721/New-coins-Mint-pulls-rabbit-hat-Beatrix-Potter-Shakespeare-Great-Fire-London-designs-mark-figures-events-1-000-years.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]465222[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Beatrix Potter&#039;s Peter Rabbit will feature on a new coin issued in 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>A series of new designs has been announced by the Royal Mint, celebrating key figures or events from the last 1,000 years.</p><p><br /></p><p>A 50p coin commemorates the 150th anniversary of the birth of Beatrix Potter, whose illustrated animal stories have delighted generations, and portrays her much-loved character Peter Rabbit.</p><p><br /></p><p>The author&#039;s inclusion in the set comes as the Mint and the Bank of England are under pressure to depict more women on coins and bank notes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Another 50p coin features King Harold at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, 950 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>£2 coins commemorate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare&#039;s death in 1616, and the Great Fire of London 350 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint is also issuing a £2 coin marking the First World War, as part of a five-year programme for the war&#039;s centenary.</p><p><br /></p><p>Director of commemorative coin Anne Jessopp said the coins will start being issued in the spring.</p><p><br /></p><p>She said: &#039;It is always exciting to see the new years&#039; designs revealed, commemorating the moments that matter, and revisiting some of the great events and stories from our history.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;The British public should start to see these coins appearing in their change from Spring 2016.</p><p><br /></p><p>&#039;This year is a special one for The Royal Mint too, with the opening of a Visitor Centre at its South Wales base for the first time in its 1,000 year history.&#039;</p><p><br /></p><p>Meanwhile, the Mint planned a new six-sided 60p coin for the Queen&#039;s Diamond Jubilee in 2012, but axed the move despite public enthusiasm after consulting Chancellor George Osborne, a Freedom of Information request revealed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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