GB 1998 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin Set

GB 1998 Brilliant Uncirculated Coin SetThese sets were producecd by the Royal Mint in the UK.

except for 1922

Mint: Rome

Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei studied the Milky Way through his rudimentary telescope and was the first to observe it consisted of individual stars

Tincture lines: To reinforce security

the 1977 50c honoured the 25th anniversary of the accession to the throne of Queen Elizabeth II

29 January 1903 15 February 1904 14 February 1915 3 February 1916 2 February 1927 22 January 1928 19 February 1939 7 February 1940 6 February 1951 26 January 1952 25 January 1963 12 February 1964 11 February 1975 30 January 1976 29 January 1987 16 February 1988 16 February 1999 4 February 2000 3 February 2011 22 January 2012 22 January 2023 9 February 2024

Overall size: 330x270x55mm

The coin is housed in a pictorial envelope featuring a photograph of NASA’s Saturn V launch rocket during take-off

10 Air Force Centenary F-35 stamp design

I would place this example in the upper-middle range for the 1923 Halfpenny

conquered provinces were personified with female figures

Austria authorised these restrikes because ducats were historically used as trade coins