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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Four hundred years later, on the occasion of the Festival of Britain, the Royal Mint has issued a Crown piece, bearing on its edge the date 1851-1951 in Roman numerals, and a Latin inscription CIVIUM INDUSTRIA FLORET CIVITAS - "By the industry of its people the State flourishes". Reaction to the development by industry professionals was lukewarm, some criticising its small scale. Frequencies show the percentage of Numista users who own each year or variety among all the users who own this coin.

a b c d e f " "Circa 1951: Presenting Science to the British Public", Robert Anderson, Oregon State University". The 1951 Festival of Britain crown is definitely an intriguing coin given that it was one of only two crowns minted during the reign of King George VI. We hold the records of the Festival Office, which commissioned designers, artists and builders to bring the plans to life.Photographs shown may not be the actual coin and may differ in terms of grade, die numbers, design flaws and other minor details. Old Victorian buildings and railway sidings which had been left untouched since being bombed in the war were transformed into the South Bank site, a new public space which was intended to showcase the principles of design that would feature in the post-war rebuilding of London and the creation of new towns. And finally, if the Festival visitor had not tired of the medium, they could purchase colour 16mm film of Britain’s historic buildings and pageantry and filmstrips of the Festival of Britain and London as souvenirs. The University of Brighton Design Archives have digitised many of the Design Council's files relating to the planning of the festival.

In March 1948, a Festival Headquarters was set up, which was to be the nucleus of the Festival of Britain Office, a government department with its own budget. They included "the penetrating rays which reach us from outer space, what goes on in space and in the stars, and a range of subjects from the electronic brain to the processes and structures on which life is based.Beyond the Dome is the Royal Festival Hall, designed by Leslie Martin, Peter Moro and Robert Matthew.