John Lennon is the latest musician to be honoured by the UK's Royal Mint with their own commemorative coin. The Mint’s ‘music legends’ series celebrates influential artists. Others who have been honoured in this way include David Bowie,

John Lennon is being honored in a specially minted British coin collection to mark the year the Beatles great and peace advocate would have turned 85, the Royal Mint said Friday.

Beatles star John Lennon has been immortalised on a new coin to coincide with the year he would have celebrated his 85th birthday. It has been issued by The Royal Mint to honour Lennon's life and record-breaking career.

John Lennon is being celebrated on a UK commemorative coin by The Royal Mint. The new coin celebrating the late Beatle's life and record-breaking career as an artist coincides with the year in which he would have celebrated his 85th birthday.