Aesop's Fables Collection

These charming stories of life’s simple lessons are now captured in sparkling silver and glorious colour, a delightful gift to treasure for collectors of all ages.

EACH COIN ISSUE STRICTLY LIMITED TO ONLY

3500 COINS WORLDWIDE

THE 2022 HARE AND THE TORTOISE SILVER PROOF 50P

Our Aesop’s Fables Collection will feature six beautiful coins by talented designer Heena Raj which present the central message and image of each story in glorious colour. The first coin to be released is ‘The Hare and the Tortoise’, where Tortoise’s ingenuity and dedication overcome Hare’s speed and arrogance.

Every detail of Heena’s design is captured by our finest Proof quality finish and the latest colour printing techniques, creating a presentation which is proving magical to collectors young and old alike.

Slow and steady might have won the day for the Tortoise, but with strong early interest in these strictly limited-edition coins we are encouraging early orders to avoid losing the race!

‘slow and steady wins the race’

THE GOOSE THAT LAID THE GOLDEN EGG SILVER PROOF 50P

Aesop’s Fables are often accompanied by entertaining illustrations that bring the stories to life. Coin 2 in this new series follows that tradition to tell the tale of a farmer whose goose laid an egg of pure gold. Hoping to get all the gold at once the farmer kills the goose, but found nothing inside and was left empty-handed. The moral of the story is:

‘be thankful for what you’ve got’

let me tell you a story...

Aesop’s Fables is a collection of short stories believed to originally have been told by Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece. His story is so ancient that the facts about his life are unclear, but the simple truths of his fables have been passed on from generation to generation, timeless tales still read and enjoyed all over the world to this day.

The human truths of Aesop’s Fables have been passed down from generation to generation, either read aloud or told in books with entertaining illustrations that bring the stories to life. This combination of simple stories and visual storytelling makes Aesop’s Fables an ideal theme for coin design, which itself has been used to tell stories for centuries.