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1994 Royal Mint Trial Minting, The 'TWO_POUND TRIAL PIECE' Sealed in Royal Mint Folder, Very Scarce

Name: 1994 Royal Mint Trial Minting, The 'TWO_POUND TRIAL PIECE' Sealed in Royal Mint Folder, Very Scarce
SKU: 72188
Price: 285.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

£285.00

The Purpose of a Trial Piece. Trial pieces are struck as prototypes in preparation for the minting of a new coin. They are distributed, not as legal tender, but as samples to the automatic vending industry for the purpose of re-calibrating machines prior to he circulation of the new coin. The sailing ship reverse design, used when work began on the trial piece in 1994, will not be repeated on the two-pound coin entering circulation in 1997.