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50 Pence - Charles III The Wombles - Wellington, colored
| Issuer | Guernsey |
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| Year | 2023 |
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| Value | 50 Pence |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
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| Reverse description | Full-colour printed depiction of Wellington, the musical Womble character from Elisabeth Beresford's fictional series, shown in a frontal three-quarter pose playing a stringed instrument resembling a balalaika. Wellington is rendered in his characteristic style wearing round spectacles, a blue cap, and a white jacket, with the coloured design applied over a milled copper-nickel field. The character's name 'Wellington' appears in blue lettering arcing across the upper portion of the field, with the denomination numeral '50' incorporated into the lower design area. |
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The Wombles — created by Elisabeth Beresford after she misheard her daughter mispronouncing "Wimbledon Common" on a Boxing Day walk in 1968 — became one of the BBC's most enduring animated properties through the 1970s series, with their central premise of collecting and repurposing human litter giving them an unlikely afterlife as environmental mascots. Wellington, the bookish, spectacle-wearing member of the group, was named after the Duke's famous boots.
Guernsey has no particular connection to Wimbledon Common.