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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dougsmit, post: 1914355, member: 19463&quot;]Thank you for the above link which provided more information than anything I had found although still missing my specific questions.&nbsp; It states: &quot;...Indeed, many were struck at The Royal Mint&#039;s stand at the Festival, although such coins cannot be distinguished from those struck at the Royal Mint itself. The <a href="http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/g6/5s/5s51.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/g6/5s/5s51.jpg" rel="nofollow">1951 crown</a> only exists in Proof form.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I assume it was possible to buy a coin you saw minted and received one of the various cases to hold it but that still leaves the question of why there are two styles and two color boxes.&nbsp; Spink says the coins are all Proof-like rather than Proof but again I assume this is a distinction not important to the 1951 UK customer.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most I see sold appear to have been treated poorly as might be expected by souvenir items from a Festival bought by non collectors.&nbsp; No one mentions the issue price of any Crown and one of the above responses acts like it is a stupid question since the coin is clearly marked Five Shillings.&nbsp;&nbsp; I will point out that the recent US 5 ounce rounds of the national parks are clearly marked Quarter Dollar but sold for a bit more.&nbsp;&nbsp; I wonder if I could take four of them to the local McDonalds and get a sandwich from the dollar menu (I won&#039;t be trying that one).&nbsp;&nbsp; Mention of the lack of popularity of the 1934 suggests that the coins were not struck for circulation and, I assume, must have been priced over what people might reasonably pay.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have not had a lot of experience with modern and UK coins; I collect ancients.&nbsp; I am amazed at how hard it is to find any online information about UK coins beyond current market value and an occasional informative eBay listing.&nbsp; The same link that daveydempsey provided states that a million 1960 crowns were made for general circulation as if this was the unusual situation.&nbsp; New collectors, it seems, are expected to know that crowns were not really spending money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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