03/12/2024

Mr Men coins

2021 Mr Men Coins

Mr Men Coins and Little Miss coins celebrate 50 years of fun with Britain’s most imaginative and popular children’s book series.

 
Released in Brilliant Uncirculated, Brilliant Uncirculated Colour, Half-Ounce & One-Ounce Silver, Quarter-Ounce, and One-Ounce Gold coins.
 

What characters are featured as Mr Men coins?

The Royal Mint coin set includes three different Mr Men and Little Miss coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the release of the world-famous children’s books in 1971.

The three-coin collection features Mr. Happy, Mr. Strong with Little Miss Giggles and Little Miss Sunshine

Mr. Happy Coin
Mr. Happy Coin

 

 

Mr Men Coin Release Dates

Mr Men Coins Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Mr Men Books

The Royal Mint has released three Mr Men Little Miss coins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Roger Hargreaves’s release of the world-famous children’s books in 1971. The three-coin collection features Mr Happy, Little Miss Sunshine, and Mr Strong with Little Miss Giggles.

Golden Tickle-Tickets

There will be fifty random recipients of a special Golden Tickle-Ticket which will be placed and located within fifty randomly selected Mr Men £5 Brilliant Uncirculated coloured coins being issued by The Royal Mint in 2021. See the Royal Mint website for full Terms & Conditions of entry.

How many Mr Men coins will be released?

For each coin in the series

Mr Men Coins Mintage Figures
 £5 Brilliant Uncirculated £5 BU ColouredHalf-Ounce Silver ProofOne Ounce Silver ProofQuarter-Ounce Gold ProofOne Ounce Gold Proof
Denomination £5 £5 £1 £2 £25 £100 
How many available Unlimited 15,000 9,000 6,500 750 275 
Price£13£22.50 £65 £97.50 £605 £2,370 
Source: Royal Mint 

If you are looking for Mr Men 50p coins, these coins are not 50p coins. They are not going to be released into UK coin circulation.

Brilliant £5 Uncirculated Coins

Mr Happy BUNC Coin
Mr Happy BUNC Coin
  • Unlimited Mintage
  • Issue Price: £13

Brilliant £5 Uncirculated Coloured Coins

MR MEN Bunc Colour
MR MEN Bunc Colour
  • Limited Edition: 15,000 coins
  • See Golden Tickle-Tickets above
  • Special colour-printed Brilliant Uncirculated edition exclusive to The Royal Mint
  • The first time Mr. Men Little Miss characters have appeared on UK coins
  • Features Mr. Happy as designed by Adam Hargreaves, Roger Hargreaves’ son and the main author and illustrator of Mr. Men Little Miss
  • Find a golden ticket in your coin’s packaging for the chance to win special Mr. Men prizes, including a £50 voucher for mrmen.com
  • Augmented reality technology brings the character of Mr. Happy to life
  • Issue Price: £22.50

 

Half-Ounce Silver Proof Coin

MR MEN Half-Ounce Silver Proof Coin
MR MEN Half-Ounce Silver Proof Coin
  • Limited Edition: 9,000 coins
  • Issue Price: £65

One-Ounce Silver Proof Coin

MR MEN One Ounce Silver Proof Coin
MR MEN One Ounce Silver Proof Coin
  • Limited Edition: 6,500 coins
  • Issue Price: £97.50

Quarter-Ounce Gold Proof coin

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mr-men-quarter-ounce-gold-proof-coins
  • Limited Edition: 750 coins
  • Issue Price: £605

One-Ounce Gold Proof coin

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mr-men-quarter-ounce-gold-proof-coin
  • Limited Edition: 275 coins
  • Issue Price: £2,370

Little Miss Sunshine and Mr Strong with Little Miss Giggles are also set to be released as part of the commemorative series. Here are the coin designs.

Mr Men Minty Piggy Bank

Minty
Minty

Image: The Royal Mint, February 2021

 

Little Miss Coin

Features Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Coin
Little Miss Coin

Little Miss Giggles & Mr Strong Coin

Little Miss Giggles Mr Strong Coin
Little Miss Giggles Mr Strong Coin

Mr. Strong & Little Miss Giggles Coins were released on the 15th March 2021.

Who are the Mr. Men?

Mr. Men is a series of children’s books by English author Roger Hargreaves commencing in 1971.

From 1981, an accompanying series of Little Miss books by the same author but with female characters was published.

After Hargreaves’s death in 1988, his son Adam Hargreaves began writing and illustrating new Mr. Men and Little Miss stories like Mr. Cool, Mr. Rude, Mr. Good, Little Miss Scary, Little Miss Bad,  and Little Miss Whoops.

Mr  Men Coins
Adam Hargreaves

Adam Hargreaves said:

‘It is an absolute honour to not only have the Mr Men Little Miss characters’ feature on official UK commemorative coins but to have the opportunity to create the designs that feature on the coins too.

‘Over the past 50 years Mr Men Little Miss characters’ have grown to become a global favourite among many and I am delighted to be celebrating 50 years of fun with the Royal Mint and I hope fans of the Mr Men Little Miss series will be just as thrilled with this commemorative coin collection as I am.’

Mr Men Coins YouTube Video

 

Mr Men Coins Review

Mr. Happy Mr. Men Coins
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£5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin featuring Mr. Happy from the Mr. Men Coins series.

Product SKU: UK21M1BU

Product Brand: The Royal Mint

Product Currency: GBP

Product Price: 13.00

Product In-Stock: InStock

Editor's Rating:
4.8

Find out more at the Official Mr Men Little Miss website: https://www.mrmen.com