THe Dunkirk Original Coin, Banknote and 65th Anniversary Year Gold Sovereign Heritage

The Dunkirk Original Coin, Banknote and 65th Anniversary Year Gold Sovereign Heritage Set

  • Original British £1 banknote – the World War Two emergency issue, introduced the very same year as Dunkirk 1940 (and issued through the war until 1948) in Grade 5
  • Original British silver shilling and bronze penny of 1940 the very year of Dunkirk – the coins that would have been used by the very same servicemen rescued, and their rescuers, the captains and crew of the rescue boats.
  • The banknote and two original coins mean you own a “pound, shilling and pence” of the Dunkirk era
  • British gold sovereign of 2005, the 65th anniversary of Dunkirk, with a one-year-only version of St George that may have been a ‘silent commemoration’ of this anniversary, in BRILLIANT UNCIRCULATED quality
  • Limited to a maximum of 100 sets
  • Each set with numbered plaque and matching numbered Certificate of Authenticity
  • Informative illustrated booklet about the remarkable story of Dunkirk

Commemorative Coins

Posted on by Emma Wilde

Commemorative coins are one of the most sought after and collected, due to their significance in history and the personal memories they can hold. Whether it is to commemorate a first, or to celebrate the anniversary of an event in history; either way adding a commemorative coin to your collection is one that you couldn’t…

The King George V Gold Sovereign of the Bombay Mint of 1918

King George V Gold Sovereign of the Bombay Mint of 1918

  • Only issued for one year
  • ‘I’ mintmark on the reverse
  • The wartime emergency coin
  • The spirit of St George is what carried Britain through to VE-Day. This sovereign features the classical depiction of St George slaying the dragon and was minted in the last year of WWI