George VI St George and the Dragon 5 Shilling Crown Coin in Box, 1951.
George VI St George and the Dragon 5 Shilling Crown Coin in Box, 1951. - Image 2
George VI St George and the Dragon 5 Shilling Crown Coin in Box, 1951. - Image 3
George VI St George and the Dragon 5 Shilling Crown Coin in Box, 1951. - Image 4

George VI St George and the Dragon 5 Shilling Crown Coin in Box, 1951.

£34.99

Commemorative crown issued to commemorate the 1951 Festival of Britain in original green flip front case/box with information leaflet.

The front depicts the Bare Head portrait of George VI  while the reverse features Pistrucci’s St George Slaying the Dragon.

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Coin is in very good condition.

Box is in good condition with faded gilding.

Information leaflet reads: The first English Silver Crown piece was minted in 1551. Four hundred years later, on the occasion of the Festival of Britain, the Royal Mint has issued a Crown piece, bearing on its edge the date 1851-1951 in Roman numerals, and a Latin inscription CIVIUM INDUSTRIA FLORET CIVITAS – “By the industry of its people the State flourishes”.

 

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