HE remains Helensburgh's most famous son - and now TV pioneer John Logie Baird has earned another place in history with the announcement that he will be commemorated on a new 50 pence coin.
Baird, born in the town's West Argyle Street in 1888, will feature as one of three new designs for the commemorative coins which are set to be released next year.
The collector's items - some of which will also serve as legal tender - will come in gold, standard silver, silver piedfort and cupro-nickel and will bear the inscription “John Logie Baird Television Pioneer”, accompanied by a depiction of a television mast emitting circular radio waves with a range of dates relating to the inventor and the dates “1888” and “1946” aside the mast.
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Other designs for the new coins will feature the inscription “1971 Decimal Day” accompanied by a range of pre-decimal coins, and symbols depicting individual Olympic sports accompanied by the Olympic Rings, the Team GB logo, the inscription “Team GB” and the date 2020.
Baird successfully demonstrated the world's first working television set in 1926, and conducted many of his early experiments in the bedroom of his first home, a category B listed building which went on the market earlier this year for offers over £625,000.
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