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Royal Mint rejected Roald Dahl coin over antisemitic views

Written By Unknown on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 | 1:08 PM

Revealed: company dropped proposals to mark centenary of author’s birth, papers show

Plans to celebrate the life of Roald Dahl with a commemorative coin were rejected because of concerns about the author’s antisemitic views, it can be revealed.

Official papers obtained by the Guardian using freedom of information laws also disclose that the Royal Mint dropped proposals to issue a coin to mark the centenary of Dahl’s birth because he was “not regarded as an author of the highest reputation”.

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