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To sell the Royal Mint hopes 100,000 piggy Bank £

Feb 16,2020 5:17 am

An artist's impression of the £100,000 Piggy bank was created, but a real gold Piggy Bank still needs to be done

18 carat gold by hand Piggy bank made £ 100,000 costs offered on the order made by the Royal Mint .

Described as the "most expensive" pork Pocket Money holder, from Bristol silversmiths Phillip Kydd, and son, James, was.

The national mint said that it had "expressions of interest", but has no orders yet.

It is the First Time in the 1,100-year-old company, which produces coins for circulation, has a Piggy Bank.

Helen Cooper , of The Company , said it was to sell "in expectation" of oink-stravagant pieces in spite of The Price tag.

who shapes the for the six-figure pig could assume that the "most luxurious Piggy bank in existence", as soon as it is produced, She Said .

The series, released on Friday, also with a sterling-Silver version for The Price of £6,000.

A £85 Ceramic model sold out within hours, according to mint.

Phillip and James Kydd spent 40 hours to make the sterling Silver Piggy Banks , with traditional tools and skills.

Silver versions of the Piggy Bank was created by Phillip Kydd and his son James

Mr Kydd, a silversmith for almost 40 Years , said his son and he had made "a lot of fun to produce, the challenges of the final product."

The Royal Mint , based in Llantrisant, South Wales , is a company owned by the Treasury.

It produces coins for circulation in the UK and overseas, as well as commemorative editions, and investment products.



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Source of news: bbc.com

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