1927 Great British Coin Display Gift Set
This 1927 British year set contains the complete seven coins all issued and dated from the year, namely: halfcrown, sixpence, old and new design shilling (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 1927 as 2024 will see their 97th 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 1927...
• In May, American pilot Charles Lindbergh is the first to fly solo non-stop across the Atlantic • In China, Chiang Kai-shek tries to destroy the Communists, led by Mao Zedong • In the United States on 23 August, two Italian anarchists, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, are executed for murder after an unfair trial that focuses on their political beliefs (They are posthumously pardoned in 1977) • In the Soviet Union on 14 November, Josef Stalin expels his rival Trotsky from the Communist party • The newly incorporated (by royal charter) British Broadcasting Corporation begins to transmit radio programmes • Rolex markets the first waterproof watch, and cellotape is invented • British writer Virginia Woolf publishes the innovative modernist novel To the Lighthouse • Jazz musician Duke Ellington plays at the Cotton Club in New York's Harlem district • Talking motion pictures begin with Al Jolson starring in The Jazz Singer •
Sporting 1927...
• Football League Champions were Newcastle United, leaving Huddersfield Town in the runners up spot • Cardiff City defeated Arsenal 1-0 in the FA Cup Final, Ferguson scoring the vital goal • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Sprig’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup winning horse was ‘Thrown In’ • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Call Boy’ • Golf's British Open was won by Robert Jones Jr • Cambridge won the Boat Race by three lengths over Oxford • 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: New York Yankees 4-0 Pittsburgh •