Can You Spot What's Wrong with the UK's New H.G. Wells Commemorative Coin?
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Can You Spot What's Wrong With the UK's New H.G. Wells Commemorative Coin?:
This week, the UK's Royal Mint announced five new commemorative coins honoring figures like the Queen(!) and Sir Walter Scott. It would've been a standard beginning of the new year for the mint, but this year's edition of collectibles has proven to be controversial as the coin honoring H.G. Wells seems to lack a certain familiarity with the influential author's work.
[...] In a statement to the Guardian, the Royal Mint didn't exactly admit to an error but said, "The coin depicts scenes from famous works such as War of the Worlds and The Invisible Man as imagined by designer Chris Costello." This is the second coin that the American artist has produced for the mint, and in a note accompanying the coin's release, Costello said that he drew inspiration from book covers and movie posters.
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