Six 50p coins celebrating Peter Pan have been minted and are to go into circulation next month.

They have been made to coincide with the 90th anniversary of JM Barrie gifting the rights to his story to Great Ormond Street Hospital.

Available to buy from the Post Office, the coins were launched by Great Ormond Street patient Olivia Dawson, the daughter of Tower Mint director Elliot Dawson, and Treasury member Ralph Peake MHK in London.

Olivia has a rare genetic disorder called Williams Syndrome and has been under the care of the hospital since she was three years old.

For each coin sold, a proportion of their value will be donated to the hospital.

Treasury Minister Alfred Cannan MHK and Member Bill Henderson MLC visited the new Peter Pan 50p coin display in the Tynwald Library. Mr Henderson, Treasury Member with responsibility for currency, said: ’I was honoured that the Isle of Man was asked to be the country of issue for these coins.

’They mark the enduring nature of JM Barrie’s story as well as the amazing work that is carried out by Great Ormond Street Hospital every day. These are beautiful coins and I do hope that people will have the opportunity to pop by and view them and will be inspired by the quote and image when they are in general circulation.’

Coin 1 - ’All children except one’ - Coin features a silhouette of Peter Pan, surrounded by stars and the inscription ’All children, except one, grow up’.

Coin 2 - ’Avast belay, yo ho’ - Coin features a silhouette of Captain Hook, surrounded by stars and the inscription ’Avast belay, yo ho, heave to, a-pirating we go’.

Coin 3 - ’If you believe, clap your hands’ - Coin features a silhouette of Tinkerbell, surrounded by stars and the inscription ’If you believe, clap your hands’.

Coin 4 - ’It was the terrible tick-tick’- Coin features a silhouette of the crocodile in water, surrounded by stars and the inscription ’It was the terrible tick-tick of the crocodile’.

Coin 5 - ’Peter Pan has come’ - Coin features a silhouette of Wendy Darling sitting in bed, looking out through the window with the family dog beside the bed. The silhouette is surrounded by stars and the inscription ’Peter Pan has come and he is to teach us to fly’.

Coin 6 - ’Second to the right’ - Coin features a silhouette of Peter Pan and the Darling family flying to Neverland, surrounded by stars and the inscription .Second to the right and then straight on till morning.