London – London (AP) – John Lennon He is being honored in a collection of specially acted British currencies to mark the year in which the great defender of the Beatles would have turned 85 years, Royal Mint said Friday.
The currency, which will go on sale on Monday, presents a portrait of Lennon based on a famous image taken by the photographer of the Bob Gruen music industry in 1974.
It represents a lateral profile of Lennon, taken to the roof of his attic in New York. Lennon was shot dead by Mark David Chapman In the city on December 8, 1980 at the age of 40.
Lennon’s name appears to the left of the portrait, while the word “imagine” appears on the right side of design in a reference to his single and album, released in 1971, the year after the Four manufactured – Lennon, Paul McCartneyGeorge Harrison and Ringo Starr – effectively followed their own path, after leaving their indelible brand in the heart of the 1960s.
“It could be said that one of the best singers and composers of all time, Lennon’s achievements as an artist, activist and defender of La Paz continue to live and will now be remembered forever in a currency,” said Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative currencies at Royal Mint.
The real mintwho has hit the coins of the Alfred El Grande monarchs in the ninth century until King Carlos IIIIt has a continuous series of “Music Legends” coins, celebrating singers and composers. Lennon follows people like McCartney, David Bowie, Queen, The Reddish stones and Shirley Bassey being honored in a real mint coin.
Lennon’s fans and coins collectors will be able to buy the Royal Mint website coins from Monday. They will be available in a range of precious metals, including gold, as well as the different colors.
Prices will begin in 18.50 pounds ($ 24) for a currency called five pounds up to 6,420 pounds ($ 8,330) for a currency called 200 pounds.
Although legal, but with the price differential, it is unlikely, if not irrational, that anyone uses the currency to buy, say, “the white album.”
