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Faith Richardson

The Royal Mint launch rare one-of-a-kind piece and it's now up for auction

The Royal Mint has opened its bidding on a rare ‘pattern piece’, and you could get your hands on it.

The piece was used to create the famous Una and the Lion coin design, and is an early prototype that the Royal Mint uses to test the finish and quality of a design.

These pattern pieces are incredibly rare and hardly ever available to the public, which will make this a brilliant addition to anyone’s collection.

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