3977) 70 years of Miffy, Netherlands: The Royal Dutch Mint (RDM) has released a 1.00 gram Silver Bar commemorating the milestone: Date/Year of Silver Bar issue: 2025:
Miffy (Dutch: Nijntje, pronounced [ˈnɛiɲtɕə] nain-cheh) is a fictional rabbit
appearing in a series of picture books drawn and written by Dutch artist Dick
Bruna. The original Dutch name, Nijntje, is a shortening of the diminutive
konijntje, "little rabbit".
The first Miffy book was produced in 1955 and over thirty others have followed. In total they have sold over 100 million copies. In addition, four separate television series as well as items such as clothes and toys featuring the character followed. On 30 January 2013, a feature-length film, "Miffy the Movie", was released in theatres and stars Eva Poppink in the title role.
Four television series based on the character have been produced:
“Dick Bruna's Miffy Storybook Classics from 1984”; “Miffy: Colors, Numbers, and Shapes from 1996”; “Miffy and Friends from 2003”; and “Miffy's Adventures Big and Small from 2015”.
Miffy was created in 1955 after Bruna had been telling his one-year-old son, Sierk, stories about a little rabbit they had seen earlier in the dunes, while on holiday at Egmond aan Zee. Miffy became a female after Bruna decided that he wanted to draw a dress and not trousers on his rabbit.
At first Miffy looked like a toy animal with floppy ears, but by 1963, her design was changed to her current incarnation, a stylised form of a rabbit.
Miffy is drawn in a graphic style, with minimalist black graphic lines. Bruna chose to only use black, white, the primary colours (red, yellow, and blue), green, orange, brown, and grey.
It is his use of primarily primary colours that makes Miffy instantly recognisable, and also popular with preschoolers, because of her bright and intense simplistic colours.
Books:
Almost 32 Miffy titles have been published and many more for the other characters.
Bruna has produced a total of 124 picture books for children. The Miffy books each contain twelve pages of story. Each page has one illustration and four lines of verse, the last word of the second line rhymes with the last of the fourth.
They are written about things that children can understand, and situations they will face such as going to the hospital and going to school, and they always have a happy ending. Some books have no text at all, such as Miffy's Dream.
Bruna's books have been translated into more than 50 different languages, and over 85 million copies have been sold all over the world. It is also translated in dialects, including in Zeelandic by Engel Reinhoudt.
Dick Bruna has won many awards for his books, such as the Golden Brush in 1990, for Boris Bear and the Silver Brush for Miffy In The Tent in 1996.
In 1997, he was awarded the Silver Slate for Dear Grandma Bunny, a book where Miffy's grandmother was sick and died.
A unique issue for Miffy's 70th birthday! Especially for the birthday anniversary of the world's favourite bunny, the Royal Dutch Mint (RDM) has released a 1 gram Silver bar.
70 years of Miffy:
In 1955 Miffy came to life in the sketches of illustrator Dick Bruna.
He used them to tell stories to his sonwhich turned out to be such a success that Dick Bruna decided to publish a book.
The very first Miffy book was published in 1955 which was the start of a very successful series: Miffy became extremely popular!
Present Day:
This fictional rabbit can be found in almost every household with small children. In addition to books, there are many other products available, such as cards, games, clocks, bags, toys and more.
Design:
The 70 years of Miffy Silver bar weighs 1 Gram and is packaged in a nice fine card.
The Front of the fine card features the 70 years of miffy logo.
The Back has the 70 years of miffy logo, with an image next to it that features miffy in its entirety.
Below that is information about the Silver bar and the guaranteed purity. On the right you see the illustration of a cheerful miffy.0 years miffy 1 Gram Silver Bar in finecard.
The specifications of this Silver Bar are:
Coin Theme: "A Silver Bar for 70 years of Miffy"; Metal Composition: 999.9/1000 Fineness Silver (Ag); Weight:1.00 g; Diameter/Size: 19.1 x 11.6 x 0.58 mm; Mintage: 5,000 pieces; Minted By: Royal Dutch Mint (RDM);The highest quality Silver Bar in a specially designed Miffy finecard.
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