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Winston Churchill remembered with a 20-pound silver coin

Xinhua, January 25, 2015 Adjust font size:

A rare 20-pound silver coin has been struck Saturday by the British Royal Mint to mark the 50th anniversary of the death of a man described as the greatest ever Briton, Sir Winston Churchill.

The coin - official currency in Britain - is being sold at its face value of twenty pounds.

Churchill was British prime minister during World War II. Endit