The £5 coin with a bust of the monarch was struck but never put into circulation
King Edward VIII was coronated in January 1936 but abdicated 11 months later
The very rare coin is one of only three specimens known to exist in the world
Edward requested a set of the coins, but was refused as they were never official
The coin broke with tradition in showing left side of the monarch, not the right
Ronald Pickup, Shakespearean actor who went on to find fame on the big and small screen – obituary
His range of roles was vast, encompassing Beckett, O’Neill and Shaw, and at 71 he played a ladies’ man in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
25 February 2021 • 4:05pm
Ronald Pickup on the red carpet before the premiere of The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel in 2015
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Ronald Pickup, who has died aged 80, emerged as a young National Theatre star in the 1960s and appeared in several leading Shakespearean roles before moving successfully into film and television, most recently in The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012) and The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2015).
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