Bobby Moore would be proud! New £5 coin to celebrate 50 years since England won World Cup
A COIN has been launched by the Royal Mint to celebrate 50 years since England won the World Cup.
Royal Mint have unveiled a new 1966 World Cup commemorative coin
The Mint has been working with children from a school attended by footballing legend Bobby Moore to recreate the pose when he hoisted the Jules Rimet trophy in front of 96,924 fans at Wembley Stadium in 1966.
The children of Buxton School, previously known as Tom Hood School, in Leytonstone took part in recreating the image.
In place of the 1966 World Cup trophy, the young fans used the coin, struck by the Royal Mint in collaboration with the Football Association.
The £5 coin displays the trophy, the year 1966 and the England badge - with the Queen featuring on the reverse side.
The coin marks the 50th anniversary of the historic win
The Mint said 9 per cent of the retail price will be donated to the Bobby Moore Fund
It is available from the Mint as a £13 version, with collectors' versions also for sale.
I'm sure Bobby would have been proud to see a coin created in honour of the team
A gold £5 coin will cost £1,800, while a fine silver version costs £82.50.
The Mint said 9 per cent of the retail price will be donated to the Bobby Moore Fund, remembering the 1966 cup-winning captain and supporting Cancer Research UK's pioneering research into bowel cancer.
The Fund was set up by Stephanie Moore in memory of her husband Bobby.
Geoff Hurst's controversial 1966 World Cup final goal
A gold £5 coin will cost £1,800, while a fine silver version costs £82.50
In a recent visit to the Royal Mint to strike a gold edition of the coin, Stephanie Moore said: “I'm sure Bobby would have been proud to see a coin created in honour of the team, and it's a great way of raising vital funds and awareness of the Bobby Moore Fund for Cancer Research UK's work to beat bowel cancer.“
Martin Glenn, chief executive of the Football Association, said: “Having a coin to mark 50 years since England won the World Cup is a brilliant way of celebrating the anniversary.“