2015 ROYAL MINT 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE OF IN SOUTH AFRICA

  TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FAIR PRICES HARRY AND MEGAN'S WEDDING PLANS BRING TO MIND SOME OF BRITAIN'S MEMORABLE HISTORICAL EVENTS 2015 ROYAL MINT 75th ANNIVERSARY OF  THE BATTLE OF BRITIAN UNITED KINGDOM GOLD PROOF COIN   1/2 oz  50 PENCE JULY 1940: THE BATTLE FOR CONTROL OF BRITISH SKIES  THEIR MISSION WAS TO CLAIM VICTORY OVER  GERMANY'S LUFTWAFFE GOLD HAS BEEN A STORE OF VALUE FOR  THOUSANDS OF YEARS AND HAS  BEEN  TRUSTED BY MAN TO BE A HARD ASSET WITH INTRINSIC VALUE THE SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE IS ONE OF THE LASTING SYMBOLS OF THE BATTLE OF BRITAIN, THOUGHT BY MANY TO BE THE HERO OF THE HOUR. BUT TWICE AS MANY HAWKER HURRICANES AS SPITFIRES PLAYED THEIR PART; THE RUGGED; RELIABLE AIRCRAFT ABLE TO WITHSTAND FAR MORE BATTLE DAMAGE THAN ITS PARTNER. PARTNERS THEY WERE, THE PAIRING OF THE POWERFUL, AGILE, HARD-HITTING SPITFIRE AND THE ROBUST HURRICANE, ALONG WITH SMALLER NUMBERS OF THE BOULTON PAUL DEFIANT, BRISTOL BLENHEIM, GLOSTER GLADIATOR AND FAIRY FULMER, DEFEATING THE DORNIER, HEINKEL, JUNKERS AND MESSERSCHMITT AIRCRAFT - INCLUDING THE FORMIDABLE MEL 09 - FLOWN BY LUFTWAFFE PILOTS.