The First World War British Coin Set

The First World War Coin Set the complete set of eight original coins each one over 100 years old

The First World War the Great War The War to end all Wars was finally over. Over eight million soldiers lost their lives - nearly a million of them British. Fathers sons and grandsons all – they sacrificed their lives ‘for King and country’ – for a safer more secure future for the generations that followed.

Today you have the opportunity to own a set of coins that has a very personal connection with all those who served with the First World War Coin Set. These coins are precisely those that would have been used by our grandfathers or great-grandfathers. They would have been in the wallets pockets and purses of those who worked on the home front and the Tommies in the trenches. They are the coins that helped win the war. Heritage Coins has sought fine specimens of all eight coins that were in circulation at the time of the First World War. These are all genuine coins each of them over one hundred years old,  minted during the war years from the outbreak of the Great War in 1914 until the guns finally fell silent more than four years later in 1918.

These are coins that quite literally belong to a bygone era when money still had ‘the look’ and ‘the feel’ of money. The silver coins contained real silver and our money had nicknames such as a ‘bob’ ‘tanner’ and ‘thruppenny bit’. The set includes the farthing,  half-penny,  penny,  threepence,  sixpence,  shilling,  florin and the majestic half-crown.

All eight coins in this set bear the portrait of George V by Sir Edgar Bertram Mackennal.

These are authentic artefacts of the Great War and this set forms a tangible and lasting connection with Britain's Tommies and with those who worked on the home front. The coins come displayed in a deluxe wooden presentation case and accompanied by an informative booklet and Certificate of Authenticity.