1922 Great British Coin Display Gift Set
This 1922 British year set contains the complete eight coins all issued and dated from the year, namely: halfcrown, florin, shilling, sixpence, threepence (these five all struck in 50% silver) penny, halfpenny and farthing.
This would make a wonderful and original gift for someone born or married in 1922 as 2024 will see their 102nd 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 (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 1922...
• After Lenin suffers a debilitating stroke on 26 May, Stalin becomes general secretary of the Russian Communist Party. On 30 December, the Soviet Union is formed • On 28 October, Italian Fascists, led by Benito Mussolini, stage a 'March on Rome' that persuades the threatened government to offer Mussolini the post of prime minister • In November, Mustafa Kemal abolishes the Ottoman empire and Turkey becomes a republic • The Conservatives decisively win the British general election on 17 November. Andrew Bonar Law becomes prime minister • Insulin is isolated and first used in the treatment of diabetes by Frederick Banting and C H Best in Toronto • In Paris, Irish writer James Joyce publishes Ulysses, a vast modernist novel that examines one day in the life of Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertisement salesman in Dublin • T S Eliot publishes The Waste Land, a fragmented modernist poem that captures the spirit of disillusionment after World War I • In Mexico, artists such as Diego Rivera begin painting large colourful murals • Austrian philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein publishes his Tractatus Logico- Philosophicus, which becomes a central influence on modern philosophy •
Sporting 1922...
• Football League Champions were Liverpool, the Reds leaving Tottenham Hotspur in the runners up spot • Huddersfield Town defeated Preston North End 1-0 in the FA Cup Final, William Smith scoring the winner from the penalty spot • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Music Hall’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run in 1924 • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Captain Cuttle’ • Golf's British Open was won by Walter Hagen • Cambridge won the Boat Race by four ½ lengths over Oxford • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Gerald Patterson of Australia (mens) and Suzanne Lenglen of France (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 Giants 4-0 (one tie) New York Yankees •