1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN CROWN IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX - Stunning condition and worth so much more with it's box. Coins for Collectors and The Great British Coin Hunt.

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Some of the technologies we use are necessary for critical functions like security and site integrity, account authentication, security and privacy preferences, internal site usage and maintenance data, and to make the site work correctly for browsing and transactions. Fantastic service and I will use you in the future whenever possible and also recommend you to my friends. This was one of only two crown types issued during the reign of George VI, with the other released in 1937 to mark the king’s coronation). Condition of these varies, the boxes are usually worn and the condition of the Crowns vary from EF to Unc. Complete proof sets of the coinage of 1951 including this crown were also available for sale to the public of which some 20,000 sets were produced.

I have a vague recollection that there was some sort of exhibition in New York that year and that is where the US ones were sold.The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition held throughout the United Kingdom in the summer of 1951.

For as long as I have been going to Britain, I cannot remember ever seeing a crown turn up in circulation. The 1937 Coronation Crown would have been issued for circulation,but they would have been saved by the public as a momento of King George VI's coronation.It was organised by the government to give the British a feeling of recovery in the aftermath of war and to promote the British contribution to science, technology, industrial design, architecture and the arts. Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin. The figures of George and the dragon are from a design by Benedetto Pistrucci, first used in the Mint's new gold sovereign of 1817. Attractively toned with a cameo effect, proof as issued in the Festival of Britain set, mint state .