1954 Great British Coin Display Gift Set
The 1954 British year set contains the complete eight coins all issued and dated from the year, namely: halfcrown, florin, Scottish and English shilling, sixpence, threepence, halfpenny and farthing. The penny was not issued dated 1954.
This would make a wonderful and original gift for someone born or married in 1954 as 2024 will see their 70th Birthday or Anniversary!
The coins are housed within a display that is held in a protection case, sized just over 17cm x 12cm. The display and case are in New/Mint condition and the coins are in Fine (or better) condition.
Note - We don't
clean/polish coins as this actually devalues coinage.
Our manufacturing process includes a precision laser cutting method to create the necessary holes in each display for the required coins to be inserted and held, safely recessed, in the correct position (beware of similar offerings that secure coins by crudely gluing them into position).
The product can be removed from the protection case, to allow frame mounted display, if so desired.
The year that was 1954...
• On 1 March, the United States announces that it has tested a hydrogen bomb in the Pacific that is over 500 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 • The polio vaccine, developed by Dr Jonas Salk in 1952, is used for the first time in mass inoculations • British novelist William Golding publishes Lord of the Flies, a pessimistic look at what happens to a group of children after a nuclear war • British academic J R R Tolkien publishes The Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, the first two parts of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, a fantasy adventure story • American rock 'n' roll musician Bill Haley releases 'Rock around the Clock' • The first portable transistor radios are marketed •
Sporting 1954...
• Football League Champions were Wolves, the Wanderers leaving West Bromwich Albion in the runners up spot • The Baggies did however defeat Preston North End, 3-2 in the FA Cup Final • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Royal Tan’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse was 'Four Ten' • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Never Say Die’ • Golf's British Open was won by Peter Thomson • Oxford won the Boat Race by four ½ lengths over Cambridge • F1 Champion was Juan Manuel Fangio driving for Maserati & Mercedes • Snooker’s World Championship Final ended Fred Davis (England) 39-21 Walter Donaldson (Scotland) • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Jaroslav Drobny of Egypt (mens) and Maureen Connolly of USA (ladies) • American Sport – The first Super Bowl did not take place until 1967 - NBA Championship: Minneapolis Lakers 4-3 Syracuse Nationals – Major League Baseball World Series: New York Giants 4-0 Cleveland •