Other popular coins minted in 2018 include the Flopsy Bunny 50p (1.4 million mintage), the second Peter Rabbit 50p (1.4 million mintage) and the Mrs Tittlemouse 50p (1.7 million mintage), making the Tailor of Gloucester coin the most common by a considerable margin.

Speaking to peterrabbit.com, the designer said: ‘ I tried to make sure that Beatrix’s characters are instantly recognisable on the coins, with every whisker, spine or feather captured in fine detail. I also tried to achieve a delicate balance between each character and the inscription; the famous names clear for all to see. Meaning and Commemoration of the Coin Potter gave a copy of the book to her Chelsea tailor who, in turn, displayed it to a representative of the trade journal, The Tailor & Cutter. The journal's review appeared on Christmas Eve 1903:The obverse of the coin features the 20 1 5 coinage portrait of the Queen by Jody Clark, the first Royal Mint employee to create a portrait in 100 years – the practice is usually completed by artists working outside of the Mint. The inscription ‘ELIZABETH II.D.REG.F.D. 50 PENCE. 2018 ’ appears around the portrait. Ordinarily, the denomination appears on the reverse face of the coin, but certain Beatrix Potter coins feature it on the portrait side.

first of a series of improvements to the public areas of Westgate Street, which will also include new seating and planting schemes in the near future.And out from under tea-cups and from under bowls and basins, stepped other and more little mice, who hopped away down off the dresser and under the wainscot. From the tailor’s ship in Westgate came a glow of light; and when Simpkin crept up to peep in at the window it was full of candles. There was a snippeting of scissors, and snappeting of thread; and little mouse voices sang loudly and gaily: This enchanting 1903 children's story is free online here at Project Gutenberg, along with the illustrations. In the time of swords and periwigs and full-skirted coats with flowered lappets—when gentlemen wore ruffles, and gold-laced waistcoats of paduasoy and taffeta—there lived a tailor in Gloucester..." The tailor lay ill for three days and nights; and then it was Christmas Eve, and very late at night. And still Simpkin wanted his mice, and mewed as he stood beside the four-post bed.

For behind the wooden wainscots of all the old houses in Gloucester, there are little mouse staircases and secret trap-doors; and the mice run from house to house through those long, narrow passages; they can run all over the town without going into the streets. A mintage of 3.9 million is quite average as far as 50p coins are concerned, but due to the popularity of this coin, it is still considered rare to come across.When the snowflakes came down against the small leaded window-panes and shut out the light, the tailor had done his day’s work; all the silk and satin lay cut out upon the table. The Tailor of Gloucester is number three in Beatrix Potter's series of 23 little books, the titles of which are as follows: One of the best loved children's authors of all time, Beatrix Potter will be celebrated in a brand-new trail in the centre of Gloucester, fromFriday 20 October 2023.