{"id":117187,"date":"2024-02-26T18:02:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T18:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/26\/everything-we-want-royal-mint-issues-george-michael-collectable-coins\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T18:02:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T18:02:14","slug":"everything-we-want-royal-mint-issues-george-michael-collectable-coins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/26\/everything-we-want-royal-mint-issues-george-michael-collectable-coins\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything we want: Royal Mint issues George Michael collectable coins"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-02-26\/M_GeorgeMichaelcoins_022624.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Courtesy Royal Mint<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fans can now cash in on <strong>George Michael<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 literally. The U.K.&#8217;s Royal Mint has issued a new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmint.com\/shop\/limited-editions\/music-legends\/george-michael\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>collectable coin paying tribute<\/strong><\/a> to the late superstar.<\/p>\n<p>The coin features George as he looked during his Faith era, complete with sunglasses and a waveform representing his hit faith. The reverse side of the coin is an engraving of <strong>King Charles III<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The coin has been approved by George&#8217;s estate, which issued a statement saying, &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The coin comes in several different versions: The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmint.com\/shop\/limited-editions\/music-legends\/george-michael\/george-michael-2024-crown-brilliant-uncirculated-coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>cheapest<\/strong><\/a> costs a little under 20 bucks, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalmint.com\/shop\/limited-editions\/music-legends\/george-michael\/george-michael-2024-1oz-gold-proof-coin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>most expensive one<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2014 which includes one ounce of gold \u2014 will set you back just over $3500.<\/p>\n<p>Other British legends who&#8217;ve been immortalized on the Royal Mint&#8217;s coins include <strong>Elton John<\/strong>,<strong> The Police<\/strong>,<strong> Queen<\/strong>,<strong> David Bowie<\/strong>,<strong> The Who <\/strong>and<strong> The Rolling Stones<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Royal Mint Fans can now cash in on George Michael\u00a0\u2014 literally. The U.K.&#8217;s Royal Mint has issued a new collectable coin paying tribute to the late superstar. The coin features George as he looked during his Faith era, complete with sunglasses and a waveform representing his hit faith. The<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/2024\/02\/26\/everything-we-want-royal-mint-issues-george-michael-collectable-coins\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[425],"tags":[701,702,227,527,700,490,528,276,703,648],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117187"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117187"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117187\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/magic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}