Edith Cavell to feature on £5 coin

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Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by the Germans during the First World War, is to be featured on a new commemorative £5 coin.
Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by the Germans during the First World War, is to be featured on a new commemorative £5 coin.

Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by the Germans during the First World War, is to be featured on a new commemorative £5 coin.

The coin will form part of a commemorative set to be issued next year by the Royal Mint marking the centenary of the war.

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