{"id":594452,"date":"2026-05-20T14:29:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594452\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T14:29:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T14:29:15","slug":"lord-of-the-rings-coin-to-mark-25-years-since-tolkien-film-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/594452\/","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Rings coin to mark 25 years since Tolkien film debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A selection of the 50p coins will also include what the Royal Mint called a &#8220;groundbreaking caustic feature&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;When light strikes the surface of the coin,&#8221; it said, &#8220;a hidden image is revealed, the all-seeing eye of Sauron, emerging from the negative space at the centre of the Ring.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The feature is designed to &#8220;focus light in a precise and deliberate way, projecting the image of the eye of Sauron onto a target surface&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This is the first time caustic technology has ever featured on a UK coin available to the public making it a truly unique collectable,&#8221; it added. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Even the most devoted fellowship of collectors couldn&#8217;t have imagined a coin quite like this,&#8221; said the Royal Mint&#8217;s Rebecca Morgan. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a remarkable feat of British craftsmanship, and one that fans will have to see to believe. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Whether you&#8217;re a lifelong fan or a dedicated collector this is one coin you absolutely will want to own.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The first coin in the series goes on sale at 09:00 BST on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A selection of the 50p coins will also include what the Royal Mint called a &#8220;groundbreaking caustic feature&#8221;.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594453,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-594452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}