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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Aside from the gold 1935 Jubilee crown, there were also regular crowns issued during the reign of George V that all had very small mintage. George V The Wellcome Collection". The Wellcome Collection. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. Lew, Nathaniel G. Tonic to the Nation: Making English Music in the Festival of Britain (Routledge, 2016).

Eric Nahm (1992). Britain Since 1945: The People's Peace. Oxford University Press. p.111. ISBN 9780191587993. Although the coin was always part of the British coin family, its large size made it unpopular for general circulation and the half-crown was favoured as the de-facto largest coin in circulation. The Crown was more-or-less relegated to a commemorativecoin. 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.The re-design of Parliament Square by George Grey Wornum in preparation for the Festival of Britain year [65]

Allen, Cecil J (1974). Titled Trains of the Western. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p.79. ISBN 07110-0513-3. Benedetto Pistrucci was a distinguished Italian Gem-engraver, medallist and coin-engraver who became Chief-medallist at the Royal Mint in England. The Festival Pleasure Gardens were created to present a lighter side of the Festival of Britain. They were erected in Battersea Park, a few miles from the South Bank Exhibition. Attractions included:Berry, W.T., Johnson, A.F., and Jaspert, W.P., The Encyclopaedia of Type Faces, London: Blandford Press, 1963 Henrietta Goodden, The Lion and the Unicorn: symbolic architecture for the Festival of Britain 1951 (Norwich, Unicorn Press, 2011).

The Festival was the occasion of the first performance of steelpan music in Britain by the Trinidad All Steel Percussion Orchestra. [56] Film [ edit ] Audience wearing special glasses watch a 3D "stereoscopic film" at the Telekinema on the South Bank in London during the Festival of Britain in 1951.There was a purpose-built film theatre on the South Bank, the Telecinema (sometimes called the "Telekinema"), designed by Wells Coates, which showed documentary and experimental film exploiting stereophony and stereoscopy and the new invention of television. It was one of the most popular attractions of the Festival, with 458,693 visitors. [57] When the Festival ended, the Telecinema was handed over to the BFI for use as a members-only repertory cinema club, re-opening in 1952 as the National Film Theatre. [57] The Living World. ( Theme Convener: Kenneth Chapman. Display Designers: Austin Frazer and Stirling Craig.) An amusement park which would outlast the other entertainments. It included the Big Dipper and became the Battersea Fun Fair, staying open until the mid-1970s

After this, it started to become more of a commemorative coin rather than one used in daily life. Popular Crown Coins Of The 20th Century

The Museum of London". The Museum of London. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 . Retrieved 13 December 2011. The Festival of Britain". Museum of London. 31 August 2001. Archived from the original on 30 July 2013 . Retrieved 13 December 2011.