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An example of a provincial English banknote: a £1 note issued in 1814 by the Gloucester Old Bank
The Debden Security Printing Ltd printing facility, owned by De La Rue, which prints Bank of England banknotes
Sir Winston Churchill
J. M. W. Turner
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The Royal Mint is the United Kingdom's official maker of British coins. It is currently located in Llantrisant, Wales, where it moved in 1968.
The Tower of London in 1647
Charles I Civil War half-crown
Commonwealth Unite 1653
1658 Cromwell Crown