The coin also comes in dedicated fold-out packaging, featuring Beatrix’s original colour illustrations as well as quotes and facts about Mrs. In an interview with the Royal Mint, Emma Noble pick this coin as the most difficult to design out of the 2016 series because Mrs Tiggy-Winkle “… doesn’t have as much shape so I had to spend longer working on this design.” Designed by Emma Noble, the Mrs Tiggy Winkle coin features the attentive hedgehog in her washerwoman’s dress and hat. Tiggy-Winkle 50p coin is struck to a Brilliant Uncirculated finish, the best coin for your collection compared to the coin you would find in your change. Tiggy-Winkle,” she is the charming hedgehog laundress for the animals in Beatrix Potter’s world.
Tiggy-Winkle is the fourth character to be released in this special five-coin series. Since then, coin collectors have been eager to get their hands on each year’s new series of coins as part of the Great British Coin Hunt. To celebrate her creativity and genius on her 150 th birthday, the Royal Mint announced a special 50p coin collection in 2016 featuring four characters from her children’s tales. Introducing the Mrs Tiggy Winkle 50p Coinīeatrix Potter’s delightful children’s stories and illustrations have been a part of bedtime routines for over a century.
