Own the FIRST EVER British Isles Rectangular 50p Coin
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Own the FIRST EVER British Isles Rectangular 50p Coin

1066. The one date every school child knows. The “beginning” of English history. The very last time an English army is defeated on its own soil.

On the 950th anniversary, there was no doubt about how to mark this most significant moment in history on a coin. It had to be the most famous scene from the Bayeux Tapestry – Harold Rex Interfect us Est. King Harold is dead – shot through the eye with a Norman arrow.

One Problem.  One Exciting First.

But this created a real problem.

How to portray the famous scene on a coin. Coins are round – it simply did not fit.

British Isles FIRST

The solution created this exciting British Isles FIRST. A rectangular 50p coin.

Struck from 2.5g of solid 999/1000 Silver this “coin bar” was a genuine first for the British Isles. And it presented the perfect platform on which to intricately engrave the original scene from the Bayeux Tapestry.

Yours today for JUST £24.99

Just 19,500 Silver Coin Bars were authorised and today you could secure the FIRST EVER British Isles Rectangular 50p Coin struck in solid silver for JUST £24.99 (+p&p).

Each coin comes carefully placed within a protective capsule.

Don’t miss out on the chance to The Battle of Hastings Silver Coin-Bar today for just £24.99. Click ‘add to basket’ now.

I understand I will receive other coins at the
priority collector's price of £24.99 (+£3.99 p&p) in the
The Battle of Hastings Silver Coin Collection at monthly
intervals. I am under no obligation and may return any coin
within 10 days. I may stop collecting at any time.
Order Ref 185/336G/0

Specifications

  • Country: Jersey
  • Year: 2016
  • Metal: 999/1000 Silver
  • Denomination: Fifty Pence
  • Diameter: 18.72 x 10.5mm
  • Weight: 2.5g
  • Reverse: Bayeux Tapestry scene - Harold is slain
  • Obverse: Ian Rank-Broadley FRBS
  • Edition Limit: 19,500

Numismatic pieces should be owned primarily for collector interest.
The Westminster Collection does not offer them as an investment and makes no guarantees in terms of future value.

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