Bidspirit auction | UK, 20th Century, Mixed Coinage,

UK, 20th Century, Mixed Coinage, Stamps, and Ephemera - A collection of British numismatic and philatelic items housed in a vintage lithographed advertising tin. The contents include a 1951 Festival of Britain crown in its original presentation box, multiple commemorative crowns including the 1977 Silver Jubilee issue, and an assortment of circulated pre-decimal and decimal coinage. The accompanying ephemera includes three black-and-white maritime postcards, several mid-20th century postal covers, a Cornwall Local Post stamp booklet, and a 1940 Great Britain Stamp Centenary commemorative stamp. The storage container is a rectangular metal C.W.S. Cream Crackers tin from the Crumpsall and Cardiff factories, decorated with an orange and yellow floral geometric pattern. Tin length: approximately 20 cm.