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Unknown denomination Die trial
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
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| Year | 1927 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse lettering | ROYAL MINT 1927 ~ TRIAL DIE ~ |
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| Reverse script | Latin |
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Die trials of this period from the Royal Mint were typically struck to test new hub or die combinations before committing to full production runs, and brass — being softer and more consistent in flow than cupro-nickel or silver — was the preferred proofing metal through much of the interwar period. The 1927 date places this squarely within the Mint's transition work following the 1926 coinage review, when several denominations were under active redesign consideration.
Without confirmed denomination attribution, this piece resists precise cataloguing. Brass trials of unknown denomination from this window occasionally surface from dispersals of the Royal Mint Museum's working collection.