Snowdon to feature on new £5 coin

Wales’ highest mountain will feature on a new commemorative £5 coin, to be struck at The Royal Mint in Llantrisant.

The coin will be part of a collection celebrating Britain’s most-loved natural attractions.

South Wales-based artists Glyn Davies and Laura Clancy painted the Snowdonian mountain range in watercolour, before engraving the details onto tools for the coins to be struck. Just over two thousand of the coins will be made.

The Giant’s Causeway, the Lake District and the White Cliffs of Dover will also feature as part of the collection.

In May, the Mint opened its visitor attraction, ‘The Royal Mint Experience’ at its base.