1965 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL COMMEMORATIVE CROWN COIN (1874 – 1965), in the Ultra Rare Wide Hinged Display Case

This 1965 British Crown Coin is packaged in a hard plastic display case, with a hinged lid to access the coin, and silver writing to identify the type and year. The coin appears to be in excellent condition. 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.

For more info on Winston Churchill, please see: Winston Churchill – Biographical - NobelPrize.org

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