Royal Mint strikes a chord with Beatles fans, releasing coin honouring John Lennon - Money can’t buy you love, but £18.50 can buy you a John Lennon coin

Lennon follows fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, David Bowie and Dame Shirley Bassey in being celebrated on a coin.

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.