1929 Great British Coin Display Gift Set

This 1929 British year set contains the complete seven coins all issued and dated from the year, namely: halfcrown, florin, shilling, sixpence (these four all struck in 50% silver) penny, halfpenny and farthing.

This would make a wonderful and original gift for someone born or married in 1929 as 2024 will see their 95th Birthday!

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.

The product can be removed from the protection case, to allow frame mounted display, if so desired.

 

The year that was 1929...

• At the British general election on 30 May – the first held under universal sufferage – Labour wins, but not with an outright majority. On 5 June, Ramsay MacDonald returns as prime minister • On Black Thursday, 24 October, US investors beginning selling their shares in a panic, causing the Wall Street crash. This results in a worldwide economic downturn – the Great Depression – leading to bankruptcies and mass unemployment • More than 200 Zionist settlers, hoping to form a Jewish state, are massacred by Palestinians in Hebron. Over the next decade, rising numbers of Jewish refugees from persecution in Europe arrive in Palestine • Leon Trotsky is exiled from the Soviet Union by Stalin • The German Graf Zeppelin airship flies around the world • Books about World War I include Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front and Robert Graves's Goodbye to All That • Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein's musical Show Boat, based on Edna Ferber's novel of life on the Mississippi, is first performed, showing how America's racial tensions are reflected in drama • A sculpture by Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, symbolises the clean lines of modern art •

Sporting 1929...

• Football League Champions were Sheffield Wednesday, the Owls leaving Leicester City in the runners up spot just a point behind • Bolton Wanderers defeated Portsmouth 2-0 in the FA Cup Final, goals from Butler and Blackmore securing the win for the Trotters • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Gregalach’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse was ‘Easter Hero’ • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Trigo’ • Golf's British Open was won by Walter Hagen • Cambridge won the Boat Race by seven lengths over Oxford • Snooker’s World Championship Final ended Joe Davis (England) 19-14 Tom Dennis (England) • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Henri Cochet of France (mens) and Helen Wills Moody of USA (ladies) • American Sport – The first Super Bowl did not take place until 1967 – The first NBA Championship did not take place until 1947 – Major League Baseball World Series: Philadelphia A’s 4-1 Chicago Cubs •