This 1965 British Crown Coin is packaged in a hard plastic display case, but can be opened by sliding the side down. The coin is in very good condition, but the outside case is scuffed. Photos are of actual coin & case.
A BRITISH CROWN COIN, is a type of coin produced in the United Kingdom. When England and Scotland became what is known as the UK today, their currency – the English crown and the Scottish dollar – merged into what became the British crown.
Its value was five shillings or a quarter of a pound sterling. Between 1947, and until the British currency’s decimalization in 1971, the crown coin was made of pure cupronickel, a common copper, nickel, and other minerals to create silver-colored coins.
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) An accomplished statesman who led Britain through World War II as an army officer, and went on to pick up the pieces of the United Kingdom after the war as their Prime Minister. With such an impressive resume, it’s no surprise that Queen Elizabeth II decreed he would be given a grand state funeral, and that the Royal Mint would make a series of coins in his honour, including this Crown Coin.
