Royal Mint

First there was the Grammy Salute, then a biopic, and a memoir. Now the Rocket Man has his very own coin. Elton John becomes the first solo artist to be celebrated with an official U.K. coin, created by The Royal Mint and Universal Music Group’s Bravado merch division. The commemorative edition is launched today (July 6), and features Elton iconography from a 50-year-plus career which has yielded 50 Top 40 hits and more than 300 million albums sold worldwide. Across the range in gold, silver and in non-precious metal, designer Bradley Morgan Johnson uses musical notes to create an image of Elton’s trademark glasses, topped with a hat and bow-tie on a Union Jack background. “It really is a fabulous honor to be recognized in this way,” comments John in a statement. “The last few y...