Description: 1918 Great British Coin Display Gift Set This 1918 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 92% silver) penny, halfpenny and farthing. This would make a wonderful and original gift for someone born in 1918 as 2024 will see their 106th 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 1918… • On 8 January, US president Woodrow Wilson proposes the Fourteen Points as a basis for peace in World War I • On the Western Front, the Allied advance uses tanks successfully during the second battle of the Marne (15-17 July) • On 16 July, the Russian imperial family is executed by the Bolsheviks. Leon Trotsky organises the Red Army during the ensuing civil war against counter-revolutionary armies • In the Middle East, British troops capture Palestine and Syria, and defeat the Turks at the battle of Megiddo. The Ottoman empire sues for peace • On 11 November, an armistice is declared as the German army surrenders and the war ends. The German kaiser abdicates, and Germany and Austria become republics • British women over the age of 30 are given the vote. They do not achieve age-21 parity with men until 5 July 1928 • In December, the Coalition wins the British general election. David Lloyd George becomes prime minister • A global influenza pandemic kills an estimated 20 million in one year, more than died during World War I • German philosopher Oswald Spengler publishes his masterpiece of pessimism Der Untergang des Abendlandes (The Decline of the West) • The all-white Original Dixieland Jazz Band tours Europe •
Price: 124.99 GBP
Location: Leices
End Time: 2025-01-05T21:16:24.000Z
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Return postage will be paid by: Buyer
Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted
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Condition: New
Denomination: Year Set
Year of Issue: 1918
Era: George V (1910-1936)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Country of Origin: Great Britain
