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The new coins, part of the Music Legends series, are available from the Royal Mint’s site with prices starting at £15.50 for a £5 denomination brilliant uncirculated coin - whilst a 2oz gold coin is available for £5,305

The Royal Mint have unveiled their new commemorative coins for 2024, celebrating some big names as well as huge anniversaries and events, as well as celebrating future events held in the new year

Five million of the coins, featuring a design by Natasha Jenkins, will be received by the Post Office and UK bank branches - the second 'King Charles 50ps' to enter circulation

The coin's designer Valda Jackson was born in Jamaica and moved to England in 1964 and pays tribute to the many British Caribbean and Commonwealth citizens who arrived in the UK as part of the Windrush generation