Royal Mint scrapped plans for commemorative coin marking 50th anniversary of LGBT+ law
manchestereveningnews.co.ukLGBT+ equality.According to documents obtained by The Mail on Sunday under a Freedom of Information request, the coin was decided against during a 2015 meeting by the Royal Mint's advisory committee.During the same meeting, a coin based on The Beatles' Sgt Pepper album was also considered and decided against.“The marketing department at Royal Mint ultimately came to the conclusion that neither would be commercially viable”, minutes of the meeting stated.“The homosexuality theme because of the lack of appeal it was likely to have for collectors and the Beatles album because of the complexity and cost of dealing with the licensing elements.”Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell told The Mail on Sunday the decision was ‘bizarre' - and said it.
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