‘Baggy, And a Bit Loose at The Seams’

  Ooooooooo! {  cue ‘The Twilight Zone’ intro music  }

  Today I am going to make a couple more spoooooky coin predictions!!!!  But…. before you start thinking I am either off my rocker or that I am genuinely creepy, take a moment to think about how I have come up with these wild notions…..

  Anyone who has taken the time to think about the way The Royal Mint operate in business terms will realise there is nothing at all supernatural or uncanny about these ‘premonitions’ I have and choose to disclose on here from time to time.  It is just……. business thinking.

  So, Rod Serling is (very) sadly no longer with us and I am the best you are going to get right now…..

‘Bagpuss’

C’mon guys.  Really???  I mean this is a franchise just waiting to happen.  Years ago now (God, time flies when you start getting old…….), ‘Bagpuss’ was voted the most popular children’s programme of all time.  So, not only is it retro TV at its finest, it is also recognised as being of high calibre in kids animated shows (back in a time before the dreaded, impersonal ‘Toy Story’ CGIs had taken over the entire camp).

Let us just take a moment to imagine what a ‘Bagpuss’ 50p would actually look like…..

There you go!  Yes, rather nice don’t you think?  So, it is clearly ME that the owners of ‘Bagpuss Incorporated’ need to be talking to……… 😉

Still waiting……..

Phone is bound to ring soon…..

Hmmmm.  Nothing as yet :/

Okay then, whilst I am waiting for that call……  Next up……

‘Clangers’

This, along with ‘Bagpuss’ was another (If you didn’t know this then NOW is the correct time to hang your head in shame!) famous TV series dreamed up by the amazing Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate.  Other features from the pair included the likes of ‘Pingwings’, ‘Noggin the Nog’, ‘Ivor the Engine’ and ‘Pogles’ Wood’.  However, we are not going to worry about those right now as none of these attained quite the same level of street cred as ‘The Clangers’ or ‘Bagpuss’…. (especially ‘Ivor The Engine’……).

The fact of the matter is that ‘Clangers’ would also look stupendous on fifty pences.  Hold on and I will show you…..

There!  How kool is that?

Basically both ‘Bagpuss’ and ‘Clangers’ coins could appear at any time.  I am not going to be the only person looking at this from a business perspective.  And there are plenty of wonderful characters in each to create a series of four or five coins.

Bang ‘em out, pop them into circulation and watch your website lock up when you release the colour versions as ‘purchase only’ coins!

I can fully imagine all of this becoming a reality and would strongly suspect that discussions over the rights are already underway.

We will see……..

 

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