The Royal Mint has launched a new £2 collectable coin to commemorate the life and work of JRR Tolkien, with 2023 marking 50 years since his death.
The coin’s design, created by David Lawrence, draws inspiration from Tolkien’s career as Professor of English Language and Literature at Oxford.
The Royal Mint’s craftspeople have recreated JRR Tolkien’s monogram at the centre of the coin.
The monogram is encircled by an intricate runic pattern, while the words “NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST”, a quote from the poem The Riddle of Strider, which features in Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring, serves as the coin’s edge inscription.
From 21st August 2023, visitors to The Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, South Wales, will be able to strike their own JRR Tolkien £2 collectable coin.
The coin is available in £2 Gold, Silver, and Piedfort Proof Silver, as well as £2 Brilliant Uncirculated. More information is available at The Royal Mint website.
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