This is a new commemorative HG Wells £2 coin for 2021.

Now, as someone who particularly likes one of his very famous stories, can I just note that the big walking machine on the coin has four legs?

Four legs.

The man famous for creating the martian TRIpod.

FOUR
LEGS
??????
How many people did this have to go through? Did they know how to count? Do they know what the "tri" prefix means??

How do you mess this up like this?
Oh yeah way to honour his work. Next up, the Tolkien coin featuring the one Wristwatch that has to be thrown into Mount Mood. And the Dickens coin featuring Oliver Twist's Parents
IT WAS INTENTIONAL?

OH YES THE FAMOUS MARTIAN JELLYFISH THAT'S WHAT WELLS IS REMEMBERED FOR

JELLYFISH
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