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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Vicky Shaw

UNBELIEVABLE: Code breaker coin gives competition entrants chance to win a solid gold bar - Caught on Camera

Mathematician Bobby Seagull described the coin as ‘an invitation to a nationwide intellectual adventure’ (Royal Mint/Casey Gutteridge/PA) -

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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