Centenary of Ginger Meggs 2021 $1 Coloured 1/2oz Silver Frunc 2 Coin

The Coin Company is proud to present Centenary of Ginger Meggs 2021 $1 Coloured 1/2oz Silver Frunc 2 Coin produced by The Royal Australian Mint

In 1921, Sydney artist Jimmy Bancks created a comic strip called Us Fellers, which first appeared in the comic section of the Sunday Sun newspaper, featuring a red-headed boy wearing a black waistcoat named Ginger Smith. He soon became Ginger Meggs, an enduring Aussie character, part battler, part larrikin and part philosopher, who with his mates Ocker and Benny and girlfriend Minnie Peters, continues to amuse readers to this day. Ginger Meggs and his gang experienced the highs and lows of Australia – sporting success, the depression, the Second World War and most recently, the Coronavirus, all with irreverent good humour.

Following Jimmy Bancks’ death in 1952, Ginger Meggs has been produced by a succession of talented illustrators - Ron Vivian (1953-1973), Lloyd Piper (1973-1982), James Kemsley (1983-2007) and by Jason Chatfield since 2007. Ginger Meggs is Australia’s most successful comic strip, appearing in newspapers around the world. There has even been a movie and a stage musical, books and songs such as Just a Little Ginger Headed Feller from 1938.

Centenary of Ginger Meggs 2021 $1 Coloured 1/2oz Silver Frunc 2 Coin has a limited mintage of 5000 sets