John Lennon celebrated on Royal Mint coin for 85th birthday

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Link: John Lennon celebrated on Royal Mint coin for 85th birthday - BBC News

 

 

Beatles star John Lennon has been immortalised on a new coin to coincide with the year he would have celebrated his 85th birthday.

 

It has been issued by The Royal Mint to honour Lennon's life and record-breaking career.

 

The design of the coin is based on one of Lennon's most famous portrait photographs, taken on the roof of his penthouse in New York City, six years before he was shot dead.

 

Its Imagine inscription on the right side of the coin is a special nod to the artist's single and album which became a posthumous hit worldwide.

 

Coin designer Henry Gray wanted the portrait, based on an image taken by photographer Bob Gruen, to feature as the main design along with John Lennon's name.

 

Lennon follows the likes of Queen, David Bowie, Shirley Bassey and Sir Paul McCartney, to be honoured on their very own UK coin.

 

As a founder of The Beatles and also a solo artist, Lennon won an accolade of awards including seven Grammys, and has also been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Songwriters Hall of Fame and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame...