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Vote for George Michael for Coin of the Year 2024

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It’s time to vote for George Michael’s coin for the Royal Mint’s Coin of the Year 2024!

According to the Royal Mint:

The Royal Mint produced an iconic range of coins throughout 2024, from celebrating the launch of His Majesty King Charles III’s first Definitive coins to exploring the Star Wars™ universe. Help us commemorate a special year by voting for the 2024 coin design you love the most.

It does not list when voting ends. You have to provide your name and email address to vote.

At this point in the voting, the following coins have received more votes than George Michael’s coin:

  • 200 Years of the RNLI 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin
  • D-Day 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
  • Paul McCartney 2024 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin
  • HMS Belfast 2025 UK £2 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin
  • The Snowman 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin
  • St George and the Dragon 2024 UK 2oz Gold Proof Coin
  • Team GB and ParalympicsGB 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin
  • The Gruffalo’s Child 2024 UK 50p Brilliant Uncirculated Colour Coin

The George Michael collectable coins are available from the Royal Mint, as part of the Music Legends series. The coins feature the Faith era look with George Michael’s trademark sunglasses and an engraving of the refrain of Faith.

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George Michael Coin Process

If you ever wanted to know how the Royal Mint is making the George Michael coins, you can take a look here. In the video, the Royal Mint creates the George Michael color printed UK £5 coin.

The George Michael collectable coins are available from the Royal Mint, as part of the Music Legends series. The coins feature the Faith era look with George Michael’s trademark sunglasses and an engraving of the refrain of Faith.

You can read more at the Royal Mint or from the press release here.

Did you buy the collectable George Michael coin? Tell us in the comments!

About Melanie

Melanie is the co-founder of Yours Only George and has been the webmaster of the site since 1997. Melanie has been a George Michael and Wham! fan since "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" in 1984.

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George Michael Coin from the Royal Mint

George Michael collectable coins will be available from the Royal Mint, as part of the Music Legends series. The coins feature the Faith era look with his trademark sunglasses and an engraving of the refrain of Faith.

The collectable coins will be available to purchase from The Royal Mint’s website at 9 am on 26 February.

The coins have been officially approved by George Michael’s estate.

On behalf of George Michael, we are deeply honoured that the Royal Mint is paying tribute to him by creating a series of beautifully crafted coins. He would have been enormously proud and genuinely touched that a national institution should have decided to pay tribute to his memory in this way.

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The coin was designed by sculptor and artist Sandra Deiana.

You can read more at the Royal Mint or from the press release here.

The Royal Mint has a fun George Michael quiz here. I got 10 out of 10! What did you get?

Will you buy the collectable George Michael coin? Tell us in the comments!

About Melanie

Melanie is the co-founder of Yours Only George and has been the webmaster of the site since 1997. Melanie has been a George Michael and Wham! fan since "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" in 1984.