The Wombles, created by Elisabeth Beresford in 1968 after she misheard her daughter mispronounce "Wimbledon Common," became a BBC animated institution in the early 1970s. Orinoco — named, like all Womble characters, after a geographical feature — was the series' dedicated idler, more interested in napping than rubbish collection. Guernsey has issued licensed commemorative fifties for decades, a revenue stream the island's treasury has leaned on heavily since the commemorative coin market expanded in the 1990s.
The selective colour application is applied post-strike, not integral to the planchet.
The Wombles, created by Elisabeth Beresford in 1968 after she misheard her daughter mispronounce "Wimbledon Common," became a BBC animated institution in the early 1970s. Orinoco — named, like all Womble characters, after a geographical feature — was the series' dedicated idler, more interested in napping than rubbish collection. Guernsey has issued licensed commemorative fifties for decades, a revenue stream the island's treasury has leaned on heavily since the commemorative coin market expanded in the 1990s.
The selective colour application is applied post-strike, not integral to the planchet.