PRESS RELEASE: The Royal Mint is inviting the nation to become detectives as it launches a new collectable Cluedo 50p coin, marking 100 years since the first Cluedo crime – the mystery that inspired the world’s best-loved whodunnit – produced in collaboration with Hasbro, a leading games, IP and toy company. The Cluedo 50p, available from 28 September 2026, has been unveiled by actress and Strictly Come Dancing champion Ellie Leach, who played Miss Scarlett in the stage show Cluedo 2, alongside Marcia Lewis, daughter of the boardgame’s creator.

The coin’s design brings Miss Scarlett to life alongside the game’s five other iconic suspects – Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mrs Peacock, Reverend Green and Mrs White – with select editions featuring the famous character colours synonymous with the game. The design also nods to the tool familiar to generations of Cluedo players, the magnifying glass. Just as players use it to examine clues and unmask the culprit, members of the public can do the same with the coin itself. Hidden within the design is intricate hidden microtext naming the game’s classic characters, locations and weapons visible with a magnifying glass. This detail transforms the coin into a piece of detective work, encouraging collectors to look closer, just as generations of Cluedo players have done at the kitchen table.

To mark the milestone, The Royal Mint is inviting amateur detectives to solve The Case of the Missing Coin, an online competition for one supersleuth to win a solid gold Cluedo 50p.Starting today, a new clue will drop each week on The Royal Mint’s website and social channels, challenging fans to uncover the who, the where and the what: the suspect, the location and the coin type.

Marcia Lewis, daughter of Anthony Pratt, the creator behind Cluedo said, “My father invented the game at his home in Birmingham during the long nights under blackout in the Second World War, while my mother, Elva, designed the board. Produced by British manufacturers Waddingtons, Cluedo made its first appearance in the shops in 1949. Now, it’s become part of national culture and family life right across the world, so to see his creation immortalised on this UK 50p coin is truly special. I love that the iconic, original 1940s characters feature so strikingly in the design, and that the casing depicts the traditional board and pieces generations have grown up with. It’s a beautiful tribute to the game my father brought to life.

Visiting The Royal Mint to strike my own coin and to see the range of skills, craftsmanship and minute attention to detail that went into its production was a moment I will always cherish and one I know my parents would have too. Cluedo has brought entertainment, escapism and delight to hundreds of millions of people and I’m immensely proud to know my father’s legacy, so cleverly represented in this coin, will now be treasured by collectors and families for many years to come.”