Bradford City F.A Cup Winners Coin Display Gift Set 1911
This display contains four 1911 British coins, namely: Threepence (this coins was struck in 92% silver), Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing. All of the coins are dated 1911.
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.
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.
This would make a wonderful gift for a Bradford City fan.
The product can be removed from the protection case, to allow frame mounted display, if so desired.
FA Cup Final (Replay) 26th April 1911:
Bradford City 1 Newcastle United 0
(at OldTrafford after 0-0 draw at Crystal Palace on 22nd April)
Newcastle, making their fifth appearance in seven years were unable to overcome their Crystal Palace jinx and were held to a scoreless draw by unfancied Bradford City.
58,000 people turned up to watch the replay in Manchester, a record for a midweek game. Newcastle could not overcome City's defence after the Yorkshire side scored after 15 minutes. The brand new FA Cup returned to Bradford, where it had been made.
The Year That Was 1911…
• In September, Italian troops occupy Tripoli after defeating the army of the Ottoman empire • In October, rebels led by Dr Sun Yat-sen overthrow the Chinese monarchy • Winston Churchill, British first lord of the Admiralty, orders the Royal Navy to switch from using coal to oil • On 15 December, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole, one month ahead of the British expedition led by Robert Falcon Scott • Russian artist Vassily Kandinsky and the German Franz Marc form the Blaue Rieter (Blue Rider) group in Munich. Their painting develops from depicting figures and scenes more or less realistically to abstraction where form and colour dominate • Georges Braque begins using collage, including paper found in the street, for his Cubist works • Irving Berlin's 'Alexander's Ragtime Band' becomes an international hit, the first success among the approximately 900 songs written by him •
Sporting 1911...
• Football League Champions were Manchester United, leaving Aston Villa in the runners up spot • Bradford defeated Newcastle United 1-0 in the FA Cup Final (in a replay after the first match had been drawn 0-0) • The Grand National winning horse was ‘Glenside’ • The Cheltenham Gold Cup was first run in 1924 • The Epsom Derby winning horse was ‘Sunstar’ • Golf's British Open was won by Harry Vardon • Oxford won the Boat Race by two ¾ lengths over Cambridge • The Wimbledon tennis singles tournament saw victories for Anthony Wilding of New Zealand (mens) and Dorothy Lambert Chambers of Great Britain (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 Athletic 4-2 New York Giants •