The Royal Mint is launching the the Great British Treasure Hunt, with its £5 denomination coin helping people to enter the competition.
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A coin will form part of a nationwide code-breaking challenge, with the eventual chance for competition entrants to win a gold bar.
The £5 denomination coin includes numbers, letters, and symbols that can be used to uncover layers of secrets, riddles and puzzles that form the Great British Treasure Hunt, the Royal Mint said.
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