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50 Pence - Charles III The Wombles - Tobermory
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Shape | Heptagonal (7-sided) |
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| Obverse lettering | CHARLES III • BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY • 2023 • |
| Reverse description | Full composition depicting Tobermory, the bespectacled inventor Womble character from Elisabeth Beresford's celebrated series, shown in close-up three-quarter view and wearing his signature checked scarf and round glasses. The character is surrounded by an assortment of collected and repurposed objects, illustrating his inventive nature. The character's name TOBERMORY appears in bold stylised lettering along the upper arc, and the denomination numeral 50 is inscribed to the lower right of the field. |
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The Wombles, created by Elisabeth Beresford in 1968 after she misheard her daughter mispronounce "Wimbledon Common," became a fixture of British children's television through the BBC series that ran from 1973 to 1975. Tobermory — the inventive, technically-minded Womble who built and repaired contraptions from found objects — takes his name from the Scottish island town on Mull.
Guernsey has no organic connection to the franchise; the island simply holds a licensing arrangement that makes it a prolific issuer of British cultural commemoratives. This is the fourth decade in which Wombles-themed coinage has appeared in some form on the UK collector market.