皇家造币厂正在释放一枚硬币来庆祝约翰·列侬的生活和职业

皇家造币厂正在释放硬币，以庆祝约翰·列侬的生活和职业。披头士乐队偶像将庆祝他的85岁生日的那一年。

Royal Mint is releasing a coin to celebrate the life and career of John Lennon.

皇家造币厂正在发布一枚硬币，以庆祝约翰·列侬的生活和职业。

It comes in the year in which the Beatles icon would have celebrated his 85th birthday.

它是披头士乐队偶像庆祝他85岁生日的那一年。

Lennon was murdered by Mark David Chapman in December 1980 aged 40.

列侬于1980年12月40岁被马克·戴维·查普曼（Mark David Chapman）谋杀。

#OTD in 1970 saw the UK single release of Let It Be/You Know My Name (Look up the Number). This picture is of the Japan version of the single, where it was released with Get Back as the B side. Have you seen Let It Be and The Beatles: Get Back on @DisneyPlus ?pic.twitter.com/OB01tUnfwV

#OTD在1970年看到了英国的单一版本，让它成为/您知道我的名字（查找号码）。这张图片是日本版本的单曲，该版本以B侧释放。你看过让它成为和甲壳虫乐队：回到@disneyplus？

Royal Mint creates new coin for John Lennon

Royal Mint为John Lennon创建了新硬币

The design of the new coin features a portrait of the singer, based on an image taken by music industry photographer Bob Gruen.

新硬币的设计以音乐行业摄影师鲍勃·格鲁恩（Bob Gruen）拍摄的图像为基础。

It depicts a side profile of Lennon, taken on the roof of his penthouse in New York.

它描绘了列侬（Lennon）的侧面，并在他在纽约的顶层公寓的屋顶上拍摄。

Lennon’s name appears to the left of the portrait while the word “Imagine” features on the right side of the design in a reference to his single and album.

列侬的名字出现在肖像的左侧，而“想象”一词的特征在设计的右侧引用了他的单曲和专辑。

The coin is being released by the Royal Mint in the year in which Lennon would have celebrated his 85th birthday (Image: Matt Crossick/PA Media Assignments) Lennon is not the first to be honoured on a Royal Mint coin, with fellow Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, Queen, David Bowie and Dame Shirley Bassey having one.

列侬将庆祝他的85岁生日（图片：Matt Crossick/PA媒体任务）Lennon并不是第一个在皇家薄荷硬币上尊敬的人，列侬将庆祝他的85岁生日（图片：Matt Crossick/PA媒体任务），与皇室薄荷币一起庆祝他的85岁生日，列侬将与皇室造币厂一起释放这款硬币，与甲壳虫同胞Paul McCartney，Queen，David Bowie和Dame Shirley Bassey一起。

The Royal Mint has an ongoing “music legends” coin series, celebrating singers and songwriters.

皇家造币厂有一个持续的“音乐传奇”硬币系列，庆祝歌手和词曲作者。

Coin designer Henry Gray incorporated the portrait of Lennon to feature at the centre of the design.

硬币设计师亨利·格雷（Henry Gray）将列侬（Lennon）的肖像纳入了设计中心。

Rebecca Morgan, director of commemorative coin at the Royal Mint, said: “Arguably one of the greatest singers and songwriters of all time, Lennon’s achievements as an artist, activist and advocate for peace continue to live on and will now be forever remembered on a coin.

皇家造币厂纪念硬币总监丽贝卡·摩根（Rebecca Morgan）说：“可以说是有史以来最伟大的歌手和词曲作者之一，列侬（Lennon）作为艺术家，激进主义者和和平的倡导者的成就继续继续下去，现在将永远被记住。

“Lennon’s portrait has been captured in meticulous detail and in a fitting tribute will be released in the year in which the artist would have celebrated his 85th birthday.

“列侬的肖像被细致地捕获，在合适的致敬中将在艺术家庆祝他的85岁生日的那一年发行。

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"Still admired by millions of people and generations worldwide, we hope this coin and its design will be treasured for many years to come.”

“我们仍然受到全世界数百万的人和世代的钦佩，我们希望这种硬币及其设计将在未来的许多年中珍惜。”

Lennon fans and coin collectors will be able to buy the coins from the Royal Mint’s website from 9am on Monday, March 17.

列侬的粉丝和硬币收藏家将于3月17日星期一上午9点​​从皇家造币厂的网站购买硬币。

Prices will start at £18.50 and they will be available in a range of precious metals, including colour editions.

价格将从18.50英镑开始，它们将以各种贵金属（包括颜色版本）提供。