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Daniel Morrow

Rare penny which sparked 'Royal feud' over 'hair parting' to go on sale for £200k

Scots have the chance to get their hands on some Royal history as a rare coin goes on sale later this month.

The 1937 King Edward VIII penny never made its way into the public circulation amid a constitutional crisis in the Royal Family at the time.

Prince Edward was worried about how the parting of his hair looked on the coin and insisted on breaking Royal tradition, which requires the Monarch’s effigy face the opposite direction of their predecessor.

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