New limited edition £2 and 50p coins to be released in 2018 and could be worth a fortune
WHAT does Frankenstein, the RAF and women's votes all have in common?
No, it's not a punchline to a joke - they will each be commemorated on new limited edition coins.
You're likely to make a pretty penny if you manage to get a hold of one of these 50p and £2 coins and keep them in your back pocket.
Four new designs will be released by the Royal Mint for 2018, with each marking an anniversary of pivotal moment in the UK's history.
Among them is a Frankenstein coin, marking 200 years since Mary Shelley published Gothic fiction novel about a scientist who creates a creature in an unorthodox scientific experiment.
The coin uses the iconic font to commemorate "the modern prometheus".
The other key anniversary to be celebrated is the RAF's centenary, with the organisation itself already having organised two years worth of events to mark their achievements.
The celebrations will include banquets, flyovers, parades and military tattoos.
Keen coin collectors should also keep an eye out for the World War I coin, complete with the quote "The Truth Untold, The Pity of War" from Wilfred Owen's Strange Meeting poem.
Millions died in World War One, as much of Europe, Russia, the US and the Middle East became embroiled in an international conflict.
A 50p coin will also be released among the four, marking 100 years since women over 30 won the right to vote.
The Act also granted suffrage to servicemen aged over 19 and all men over 21, and was granted in February 1918.
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Dr Kevin Clancy, director of the Royal Mint Museum, said: “This is an important year for The Royal Mint, as amongst our 2018 coin themes are the centenaries of three key events that have shaped the country as we know it today.
“The Representation of the People Act 1918 50p remembers the moment women were first given the right to vote, whilst 200 years of Mary Shelley’s Dr Frankenstein are marked in a £2 coin.
“Two more £2 coins honour moments that will be occupying the thoughts of many this year, the 100th anniversary of the First World War Armistice, and the 100th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force.”
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