• The Royal Mint launches Through the Looking-Glass commemorative coin featuring Tweedledum and Tweedledee, on the 150th anniversary of the publication of the sequel to Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
• To celebrate, The Royal Mint has partnered with EL&N bakery to create a limited-edition range of intricately designed cakes inspired by the commemorative £5 crown
• The coin, which is the second to launch in the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland collectors’ series, launches on Monday 2^nd August
• The one-of-a-kind cakes are also available from Monday 2^nd August in EL&N’s stunning cafés across London for a limited time only

The Royal Mint, the original maker of UK coins, has today launched their latest commemorative coin, celebrating Through the Looking-Glass on official UK coin. Following the popularity of the first coin in the Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland series, launched last month, a tasty tribute to the beautiful design of the coin has emerged from another original maker – EL&N Bakery.

Inspired by the commemorative £5 crown which features Tweedledum and Tweedledee, the intricately designed cakes draw upon the vivid details and colours used by the Original Maker to immortalise Sir John Tenniel’s original illustrations of the book published 150 years ago onto the coin.

The limited-edition, delectable cakes will be available in EL&N bakeries across London from Monday (2nd August). Those indulging can celebrate the launch of the second in the two-coin Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland collectors’ series by creating their own Mad Hatter’s Tea Party with a beautiful queen of hearts cookie sandwich, a delicious mousse with heart cake, a heart themed financier and a special chocolate coin tart topped off with a replica of the Tweedledum and Tweedledee coin itself.

Clare Maclennan, Divisional Director of Commemorative Coin at The Royal Mint said: “Just like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass is a classic story, loved by all generations and has stood the test of time given how popular it is today, 150 years on since the first publication.

“We’ve had so much fun working with EL&N to create a collection of limited-edition Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland themed cakes to help celebrate the launch of the second coin in the collection, Through the Looking-Glass, and we hope that customers enjoy the sweet treats as much as collectors have loved the commemorative coins so far.”

The four delicious cakes that will be on offer are:

• Queen of Hearts Cookie Sandwich, made with shortcrust biscuit with rose ganache filling and raspberry compote
• Chocolate Coin Tart, a vanilla and pineapple filled tart with a red and yellow glaze
• Hart Mousse, a pistachio mousse with a red raspberry heart
• Blue Financier, a chocolate financier and caramel mousse with a blue velvet spray

Launched in base metal (known as brilliant uncirculated), and also available in gold and silver, and special colour edition, the Through the Looking-Glass keepsake is part of a two-coin collectors’ series by The Royal Mint designer Ffion Gwillim and Sculptor Emma Noble.

The first coin launched earlier this summer featuring Alice and the Cheshire Cat – the £5

crown provides an ideal canvas to recreate the iconic illustrations using traditional minting techniques and innovative design technology.

The Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland commemorative coin collection was created in collaboration with the V&A.

Coin title	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK One Ounce Gold Proof	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK Quarter Ounce Gold Proof	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK One Ounce Silver Proof Coloured	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK Half Ounce Silver Proof	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated Coloured	Through the Looking-Glass 2021 UK £5 Brilliant Uncirculated
Denomination	£100	£25	£2	£1	£5	£5
Issuing Authority	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK	UK
Alloy	999.9 Au Fine Gold	999.9 Au Fine Gold	999 Ag Fine Silver	999 Ag Fine Silver	Cupro-Nickel	Cupro-Nickel
Weight	31.21g	7.80g	31.21g	15.71g	28.28g	28.28g
Diameter	32.69mm	22.00mm	38.61mm	27.00mm	38.61mm	38.61mm
Obverse Designer	Jody Clark	Jody Clark	Jody Clark	Jody Clark	Jody Clark	Jody Clark
Reverse Designer	Ffion Gwillim	Ffion Gwillim	Ffion Gwillim	Ffion Gwillim	Ffion Gwillim	Ffion Gwillim
Quality	Proof	Proof	Proof	Proof	Brilliant uncirculated	Brilliant uncirculated
Maximum Coin Mintage	160	510	3510	5510	15000	Unlimited
RRP	£2,440.00	£650.00	£100.00	£65.00	£20.00	£13.00

 

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