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 |
|
Specifications |
| Issued |
2023. 03/01/23 Annual Sets |
| Diameter |
28.4mm |
| Weight |
12g |
| Composition |
Outer: nickel-brass 76%
copper, 4% nickel, 20% zinc |
| Composition |
Inner: Cupro-nickel 75%
copper, 25% nickel |
| Obverse |
Martin Jennings |
| Reverse |
John Bergdahl |
| Edge |
Milled |
| Inscription |
LIVE FOR THE JOURNEY |
| Mintage
BU |
89,118 |
| |
| B.U pack |
C |
 |
B.U Colour |
 |
|
£12.00 |
L |
£21.00 |
|
23/02/23 |
I |
23/02/23 |
| UK23FSBU |
C |
UK23FSBC |
|
Sold |
16,678 |
K |
Sold |
14,671 |
|
|
Design
details: Continuing the journey.....
Deriving its name from the daily 10.00am London
to Edinburgh rail service, Flying Scotsman is an impressive feat of
British engineering that endures as a living symbol of the great age of
steam.
No stranger to breaking railway records, it currently holds the title of
the oldest working locomotive still operating on the United Kingdom’s
mainline railways. Its record-breaking achievements, which have endeared
it to railway enthusiasts and members of the public alike, including being
the first locomotive in the UK to reach 100mph and the first locomotive to
circumnavigate the globe.
Built in Doncaster in 1923 and designed by Nigel Gresley, Flying Scotsman
was originally part of the newly formed London and North Eastern Railway (LNER).
In 1924, an appearance at the British Empire Exhibition in London marked
the beginning of a publicity run that would see Flying Scotsman become
recognised all over the world. |
