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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Claire Hayhurst

Artist behind the King’s coin was inspired by mother’s childhood collection

PA Wire

The artist who designed the first coins of the King to go into circulation was inspired by a collection of change his mother had kept from her childhood.

Martin Jennings worked painstakingly for a year, alongside experts at the Royal Mint, to create the portrait of Charles on the front of the new coins.

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