The display set contains the five coins issued for circulation in 1996, namely: twenty pence, ten pence, five pence, two pence and one pence.
The coins are all dated 1996 and are in brilliant uncirculated (BU) condition.
The item is new/mint and is housed in a display protection case. The set can be removed from the case for framing if so desired.
This would make a great Christmas or Birthday present for a Leicester fan.
Under the management of Martin O'Neill, Leicester qualified for the 1996 Division One promotion playoffs and beat
This unprecedented record for The Foxes ensured O'Neill became a sought after manager and, in June 2000, he was lured to Celtic F.C.
He is regarded today as easily the best Leicester manager of recent years, and one of the most successful in the club's history.
The Year That Was 1996...
• On 4 March, a Palestinian suicide bomber sponsored by the extremist group Hamas kills 19 people in Jerusalem, at almost the same time and place as a bomb that had killed 26 people the previous week • On 20 March, the British government announces that there is a likely link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – commonly known as 'mad cow disease' – and a variant of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease (CJD), which causes dementia in humans. The 'worst-case scenario' given is an eventual 500,000 deaths from CJD in
Sporting 1996...
• Premier League Champions were Manchester United, leaving Kevin Keegan’s Newcastle United in the runners up spot • Man Utd completed The Double by defeating Liverpool 1-0 in the FA Cup Final, Eric Cantona’s 85th minute strike secured the win • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Rough Quest' • The Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse was ‘Imperial Call’ • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Shaamit’ • Golf's British Open was won by Tom Lehman • Cambridge won the Boat Race by two ¾ lengths over Oxford • Snooker’s Embassy World Championship Final ended Stephen Hendry (Scotland) 18-12 Peter Ebdon (England) • F1 Champion was Damon Hill driving for Williams • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Richard Krajicek of Holland (mens) and Steffi Graf of Germany (ladies) • American Sport - Super Bowl XXX from the Sun Devil Stadium, Tempe, Arizona: Dallas Cowboys 27-17 Pittsburgh Steelers – NBA Championship: Chicago Bulls 4-2 Seattle Supersonics – Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees 4-2 Atlanta Braves (MVP John Wetteland) •