George VI, Festival of Britain 1951 Proof Set

In 1951 to celebrate the end of austerity due to World War II, the British Government held a giant celebration in London on the South Bank. It was known as the Festival of Britain and all sorts of exciting and wondrous events took place. The Royal Mint issued a special Proof Set for the event and even more importantly they issued only the second ever crown for King George VI. The first had been for his Coronation in 1937 and that was in Silver, this one was in cupro-nickel. The Proof Set not only contained the Crown but also the Halfcrown, Florin, English Shilling, Scottish Shilling, Sixpence, Brass Threepence, Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing. This important Festival of Britain Proof Set comes in a card case, which over the years has not held up all that well, but the coins are in Proof condition and have been protected. Better yet the Proof Set contains two Rare coins the Brass Threepence and the very low mintage Penny (only 120,000 ever made). Collectors have over the years broken up sets just for these two coins.