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Royal Mint Launches New 50p Coin Worth 39 Times Its Value and It Could Win You £2,000

A free online contest offers 1 winner a gold Cluedo 50p valued at more than £2,000 after weekly clues are released.

  • The Royal Mint launched a new series of collectable 50p coins based on the board game Cluedo on Monday in partnership with toy firm Hasbro, with prices starting at £19.95.
  • Marking 100 years since the first Cluedo crime, the coins honor inventor Anthony Pratt, who created the game in Birmingham during the Second World War while his mother, Elva, designed the board.
  • Fans can enter "the case of the missing coin" competition to win a gold 50p valued at over £2,000, with the coin's design featuring intricate microtext naming the game's suspects, locations, and weapons.
  • Online entries for the prize draw close on October 19, while starting October 6, visitors to the Royal Mint Experience in Llantrisant, South Wales, can strike their own Cluedo 50p coin.
  • Actress Ellie Leach, who played Miss Scarlett in the stage production Cluedo 2, inspected the new coins alongside Marcia Lewis, daughter of creator Anthony Pratt, celebrating the game's enduring legacy.
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Royal Mint launches new 50p coin worth 39 times its value and it could win you £2,000

Royal Mint launches collectable Cluedo 50p coins featuring iconic suspects, with a chance to win a gold coin worth over £2,000.

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