Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit gets his own 50p coin – and he didn't have to steal it

To mark 150 years since the author’s birth, Beatrix Potter’s much-loved bunny becomes the first character from children’s literature to appear on a UK coin

The Royal Mint has chosen Beatrix Potter’s thieving Peter Rabbit as the first character from children’s literature ever to appear on a UK coin.

Peter, pictured in the blue jacket that he is forced to abandon in the garden of Mr McGregor when he is caught stealing vegetables, is captured on a special, coloured edition of a 50p coin available from today. The Royal Mint, which described Peter as “the most recognisable of Potter’s creations, and one of the most cherished from children’s literature”, will release uncoloured versions of the coin in change later this year.

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