He has a gold coin minted in his honor!
I liked some of his music as a teen. A very sweet honor to the late artist. It is too bad, he did not live to see it.
https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2024-02-26/from-gold-records-to-gold-coins-george-michael-is-now-honored-with-a-commemorative-minting