Honouring one of the Ice Age giants – the Woolly Rhinoceros!
Struck to the Royal Mint’s rigorous Uncirculated standard.
Produced in collaboration with Britain’s Natural History Museum.
Official British legal tender – spans 27.30mm in diameter.
Beautifully presented within official Royal Mint packaging.
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The Royal Mint’s Tales of the Earth continues with its second coin commemorating Ice Age giants. Although vast areas of the globe were taken up by ice sheets during the Pleistocene Epoch, which is often referred to as the Ice Age, there were also large areas of land where greenery flourished and these open grassland areas sustained a wide variety of life, including the woolly rhinoceros.
One of the largest beasts to roam the Earth during the Ice Age, the woolly rhinoceros was similar in appearance to its modern-day counterpart. Weighing around 2 tonnes, it was about the same size as a living African white rhinoceros but had a thick double-layered wool coat and a sabre-like front horn, which is thought to have been used to clear snow when searching for food.
This Woolly Rhinoceros UK 50p coin features a reverse design created by palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls in collaboration with the expert guidance of palaeobiologist Professor Adrian Lister from the Natural History Museum.
Issued By
British Royal Mint
Country of Issue
Great Britain
Year of Issue
2024
Denomination
50p
Metal
Cupro Nickel
Quality
Brilliant Uncirculated
Mintage
Unlimited
Diameter (mm)
27.3
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Downies Collectables
Great Britain Ice Age Woolly Rhinoceros 2024 50p Cupro-Nickel Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
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The Royal Mint’s Tales of the Earth continues with its second coin commemorating Ice Age giants. Although vast areas of the globe were taken up by ice sheets during the Pleistocene Epoch, which is often referred to as the Ice Age, there were also large areas of land where greenery flourished and these open grassland areas sustained a wide variety of life, including the woolly rhinoceros.
One of the largest beasts to roam the Earth during the Ice Age, the woolly rhinoceros was similar in appearance to its modern-day counterpart. Weighing around 2 tonnes, it was about the same size as a living African white rhinoceros but had a thick double-layered wool coat and a sabre-like front horn, which is thought to have been used to clear snow when searching for food.
This Woolly Rhinoceros UK 50p coin features a reverse design created by palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls in collaboration with the expert guidance of palaeobiologist Professor Adrian Lister from the Natural History Museum.
