Harry Potter coin collection: Dumbledore 50p first to feature King's portrait

A coin featuring Harry Potter quality Albus Dumbledore is the archetypal 1 to diagnostic King Charles III's portrait.

The coin is the 3rd successful a bid celebrating the 25th publishing day of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

The King is displayed connected the "heads" motion of the coin, portion a representation of the Hogwarts wizard features opposite.

The Royal Mint said it was "one of a tiny number" of coin collections that volition spot a alteration successful royal portrait.

The erstwhile 2 coins successful the bid - depicting Hogwarts and Harry Potter himself - carried a representation of the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

All 3 coins diagnostic the enactment of creator Jim Kay, who created the archetypal afloat illustrated variation of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

In a motion to the magic that brought the bid to life, immoderate of the coins successful the postulation are successful colour and immoderate person a "latent feature", which rotates successful the airy to uncover a lightning bolt and the fig "25" to people the day year.

The coins person had planetary appeal, the Royal Mint said. So acold Harry Potter enthusiasts crossed 86 countries person bought astatine slightest 1 coin successful the range.

While the designs are featured connected a 50p, prices for the collector's items commencement astatine £11.

Fans tin wage £20 for a colour version, and up to £5,215 for a £200 denomination golden coin.

Rebecca Morgan, manager of collector services, said: "We are delighted to beryllium continuing our spellbinding Harry Potter coin postulation with Professor Albus Dumbledore featuring connected his precise ain 50p.

"The Royal Mint's Harry Potter coin postulation has seen a fashionable effect among collectors worldwide, not lone for the books being a planetary phenomenon, but owed to the postulation being 1 of a tiny fig that volition spot a alteration of representation during the series.

"This postulation of coins serves arsenic a imperishable reminder of the fascinating modulation from Britain's longest reigning monarch to His Majesty the King's archetypal quality connected UK coinage."

JK Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone archetypal deed the shelves successful 1997. The books astir the concealed wizarding satellite grew into a seven-part series, with income exceeding £500m worldwide.