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More than 45,000 readers have signed a petition to save her.

In a revamp of coinage, approved by Gordon Brown and to be unveiled in April, Britannia will no longer be on the 50p piece.

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Rule Britannia: She guards over all the letters readers have sent in for our petition

Harrogate and Knaresborough Lib Dem MP Phil Willis, one of 59 MPs who signed an Early Day Motion to save Britannia, said: "It's crucial we retain coins that symbolise the strength of the nation."

The Prime Minister last week refused to halt the revamp. A poll by this newspaper has revealed 86 per cent of the population wanted to keep Britannia.

Britania is in danger of being taken off the fifty pence coin

The Mail on Sunday has received letters, emails and other messages from all corners of the UK, as well as the US, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, France and Spain.

The Royal Mint have called it the largest shake-up of coinage since decimalisation - as long-standing designs such as the chained portcullis and crowned lion will be replaced by "modern representations of Britain."

Britannia first appeared as a goddess almost 2,000 years ago when the Romans created her as a personification of the British Isles.

She was on a Roman coin during the rule of Emperor Hadrian but her first appearance on a British coin came during the reign of Charles II, on the copper farthing in 1672.

Between 1797 and decimalisation in 1970 she was on the penny coin.

The Britannia for the 50p was designed in the Sixties by artist Charles Ironside – father of agony aunt Virginia Ironside. His second wife Jean inspired him by spending hours posing in their living room clutching a ruler instead of a trident.

The campaign to save Britannia is set to become one of the most popular causes in The Mail on Sunday's history.