To celebrate the launch of this year’s collection of 50p coins featuring The Snowman, the Royal Mint is hiding a solid gold version in an advent calendar. One lucky person will strike gold on ...

The Snowman is being depicted on a new Royal Mint 50p coin – with a gold version hidden in one of its advent calendars for ...

A solid gold version of the coin will also be hidden in one of 3,000 advent calendars available. The Royal Mint says a coin with the Atlantic salmon and the King's portrait is now the rarest 50p.