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RECORD SALES FOR ‘ROYAL SUCCESSION’ AUCTION

he Royal Mint achieved over $5.1 million (£4.1million) in sales in a special ‘Royal Succession’ auction featuring the last bullion coins struck by the mint featuring the effigy of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the first bullion coins produced bearing the portrait of

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