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A collection of commemorative presentation sets focusing on British historical figures and events, primarily published by The London Mint Office in association with Imperial War Museums.
The Winston Churchill: The Life of a Leader set, issued in 2024, features one gold-layered base metal Half Crown coin depicting Churchill on the reverse and King Charles III on the obverse. The illustrated tri-fold folder is designed for six coins. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.
The Battle of Waterloo 1815-2015 set, published by Worcestershire Medal Service Ltd, contains five bronze medals from the Monarchs of the Napoleonic Wars series. These depict Napoleon I, Francis I, Alexander I, Frederick William III, and Prince George. The central slot for the Duke of Wellington gold medal is vacant. A Certificate of Authenticity is included.
The Your Country Needs You: Posters of the First World War set, published by The London Mint Office, includes two gold-layered bronze ingots featuring WWI propaganda posters. The folder is designed for six ingots. A Certificate of Authenticity for the Britain Needs You At Once ingot is included.
The Vivat Regina 2006 United Kingdom Crown set commemorates the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II and contains one cupro-nickel five-pound crown coin in an illustrated purple card folder.
Churchill coin diameter: 32mm
Churchill coin weight: 14.14g
Waterloo medal diameter: 36mm
Waterloo medal weight: approx. 29g each
Vivat Regina coin diameter: 38.61mm
Vivat Regina coin weight: 28.28g
Ingot dimensions: approx. 40mm x 25mm.
Condition report:
The collection is largely incomplete. The Winston Churchill folder contains one of six intended coins. The Battle of Waterloo folder contains five of six intended medals. The Posters of the First World War folder contains two of six intended ingots. The Vivat Regina set is complete. The presentation folders exhibit varying degrees of shelf wear, including edge scuffing, surface marks, and a small tear to the right-side thumb notch on the Vivat Regina folder. Coins and medals remain in their protective plastic housings.
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