Obverse. Photo © Royal Mint
  • 50 Pence 2022, Sp# H105, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Eeyore
  • 50 Pence 2022, Sp# H105, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Eeyore
  • 50 Pence 2022, Sp# H105, United Kingdom (Great Britain), Elizabeth II, Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Eeyore, Acrylic block
Description

The Winnie the Pooh and Friends UK 50p Coin Collection celebrates the much-loved characters of the classic storybooks on a series of UK 50p coins. The collection comprises nine coins in total and those released in 2020 featured Winnie the Pooh, Christopher Robin and Piglet. The collection returned in 2021 and featured Winnie the Pooh and Friends, Owl and Tigger. In 2022, the collection concludes with Eeyore, Kanga & Roo and Winnie the Pooh and his close Friends.

The first collection of stories about Winnie-the-Pooh was the book Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), and this was followed by The House at Pooh Corner (1928). Milne also included a poem about the bear in the children's verse book When We Were Very Young (1924) and many more in Now We Are Six (1927). All four volumes were illustrated by E. H. Shepard.

In 1961, Walt Disney Productions licensed certain film and other rights of Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh stories from the estate of A. A. Milne and the licensing agent Stephen Slesinger, Inc., and adapted the Pooh stories, using the unhyphenated name "Winnie the Pooh", into a series of features that would eventually become one of its most successful franchises.

Obverse

The fifth crowned portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth II facing right, wearing the George IV State Diadem and drop earrings.

The George IV State Diadem, officially the Diamond Diadem, is a type of crown that was made in 1820 for King George IV. The diadem is worn by queens and queens consort in procession to coronations and State Openings of Parliament. The piece of jewellery has been featured in paintings and on stamps and currency. It can be seen in the Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace.

ELIZABETH II DEI GRATIA REGINA FIDEI DEFENSATRIX means Elizabeth II, by the grace of God, Queen and Defender of the Faith.

Engraver: Jody Clark

·ELIZABETH II·D·G·REG·F·D·50 PENCE·2022
J.C

Reverse

Depicts Eeyore in one of E. H. Shepard’s original illustrations. Eeyore has been captured in full colour. A friendly bee buzzes from one coin to the next to link the series.

Eeyore is a fictional character in the Winnie-the-Pooh books by A. A. Milne. He is generally characterized as a pessimistic, gloomy, depressed, anhedonic, old grey stuffed donkey who is a friend of the title character, Winnie-the-Pooh.

In Ernest H. Shepard's illustrations, he appears to be about chin-high to Pooh and about hip-high to Christopher Robin. He has a long, detachable tail with a pink bow on the end, of which he is very fond, but which he is also prone to losing (Owl once mistakes it for a bell-pull). Christopher Robin is able to reattach the tail with a drawing pin.

©Disney
Eeyore

Edge
Characteristics
Type Commemorative Issue (Non-circulating)
Material Silver
Fineness 0.925
Weight 8 g
Diameter 27.3 mm
Thickness -
Shape polygon
Sides 7
Alignment Medal
Mint
Royal Mint

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