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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;willieboyd2, post: 718863, member: 4910&quot;]Festival of Britain Crown 1951</p><p><br /></p><p>I recently read the history book <i>Austerity Britain 1945-1951</i> by by David Kynaston, published in 2008.</p><p><br /></p><p>It was about the period after World War II when Britain&#039;s economy was in bad shape and the country had</p><p>food and other rationing.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1951, to take people&#039;s minds off of the austerity situation, Britain held a world&#039;s fair type exposition</p><p>called the Festival of Britain, and issued 2,000,000 copper-nickel crown coins to commemorate it.</p><p><br /></p><p>The book was interesting enough that I had to have one of these coins, and fortunately, many people</p><p>saved them and the holders they came in.</p><p><br /></p><p>The coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_crown_1951.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The box:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_crown_1951_box.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The leaflet which came with the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_crown_1951_folder_a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_britain_crown_1951_folder_b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Festival of Britain 1951 Wikipedia article:</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_Britain</a></p><p><br /></p><p>:hail:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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