Once upon a time... from the pen of Hans Christian Andersen, came a heart-warming and timeless taleA master storyteller, Hans Christian Andersens extraordinary imagination has given us some of the best-loved fairy tales ever written. Containing timeless life lessons that are passed down through generations, his stories remain as relevant today as when they were first published in the nineteenth century.A Minting FirstNow for the first time, the charming story of the outcast duckling who overcame rejection and became a beautiful swan is retold using state-of-the-art minting techniques on a brand-new fifty-pence coin.Hans Christian Andersens The Ugly Duckling tells the story of a little chick born bigger and clumsier than the others. His brothers and sisters teased him and laughed at him, just because he looked different to them. So he ran away all alone and suffered terrible hardships until one spring morning he caught his reflection in the calm, clear waters and saw..not an ugly duc