Is this the UK's luckiest penny?
In a world exclusive, a one-penny piece reveals what it was like at the bottom of the pile, before a chance meeting with Lotto winner Sean Lloyd transformed both their lives forever.
After a tough start in life the penny quickly lost its shine. Snubbed by bigger, more valuable coins, it had hit rock bottom. But the penny's spirit shone through. He knew, like all pennies, that he was lucky and that his time would come. Finally, his date with destiny arrived when he was plucked from the gutter by Sean Lloyd. The rest, as they say, is history.
"Sean helped me realise that there's no finer coin out there than the one-penny piece. I’ll be with him forever," says the charmed coin. Hit 'play' to hear the full rags-to-riches tale.
You can also meet the penny's best friend Sean.
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