1951 FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN CROWN IN ITS ORIGINAL BOX - Stunning condition and worth so much more with it's box. Coins for Collectors and The Great British Coin Hunt.

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Much of London lay in ruins, and models of redevelopment were needed. The Festival was an attempt to give Britons a feeling of recovery and progress and to promote better-quality design in the rebuilding of British towns and cities. [11] The Festival of Britain described itself as "one united act of national reassessment, and one corporate reaffirmation of faith in the nation's future." [8] Gerald Barry, the Festival Director, described it as "a tonic to the nation". [11]

Leventhal, F. M. "'A Tonic to the Nation': The Festival of Britain, 1951." Albion 27#3 (1995): 445–453. in JSTOR Twelve artists were invited to design a symbol or a logo for the Festival of Britain. The National Archives has the original artwork for eight of the competition entries. The winning design was by graphic artist Abram Games, who had designed posters for the Ministry of Information during the Second World War. English Heritage, PastScape, "The Festival of Britain: 60th anniversary" ". Pastscape.org.uk. 3 May 1951 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. The arts were displayed in a series of country-wide musical and dramatic performances. [8] Achievements in architecture were presented in a new neighbourhood, the Lansbury Estate, planned, built and occupied in the Poplar district of London.

George VI 1951 Festival of Britain Commemorative Crown Coin. Reference: Spink 4111, English Silver Coinage 393C. This image shows the model factory building at Castlereagh, near Belfast. It was designed by architectural partners Robert Ferguson & Samuel McIlveen, and Henry Lynch-Robinson. The building still stands at the junction of Alanbrooke and Montgomery Roads. Since 2010 it has operated as Royal Mint Ltd, a company owned by HM Treasury, under an exclusive contract to supply all coinage for the UK although it also produces medals and coins for other countries. It is currently located at Llantrisant, Wales. Featherstone, Simon (2009). Featherstone, S., Englishness: Twentieth Century Popular Culture and the Forming of English Identity , 2009, Edinburgh University Press. ISBN 9780748623655 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. To celebrate the centennial of the Great Exhibition of 1851 it was decided that in 1951 there would be a national exhibition to celebrate the achievements of Great Britain. It was known as the Festival of Britain.

The inscription ‘GEORGIVS VID:G:BR:OMN:REX:F:D:’ is seen towards the top edge, with the value of the coin inscribed towards the bottom edge, ‘FIVE SHILLINGS’. Did It Enter Circulation? The metal used was 92.5% silver and the rest copper so as to make the coin harder. This hardness, together with a milled edge, made 'clipping' (which was cutting slices off the edge to steal some free silver) more difficult. Several feature films were planned, but only one was completed in time, namely The Magic Box, a biopic concerning pioneer William Friese-Greene, made by Festival Film Productions.

The Physical World. ( Theme Conveners: Arthur Garratt and Jan Read. Display Designers: Ronald Ingles and Clifford Hatts.)