<value>One of a collection of 486 coins, tokens, banknotes and medals, comprising mainly 18th-20th century British and foreign coins, but including some Roman, medieval and other pieces. The collection was formed by Peter Allen (1905-93) and given to Mrs Allen Manheim, who is generously offering it to the Museum with the proviso that ‘any coins not required for the collection may be sold and the proceeds used to purchase other items for the Department of Coins and Medals’. Sixty-five items have been selected for the collection: 58 coins, including an antoninianus of Carausius (AD 286-93); a silver penny of William I, Paxs type; a penny of Edward II, class 11b3/11b2, Durham; a groat of Edward IV’s second reign, London; a shilling of Charles I; and a crown of Charles II; a gold sovereign and half-sovereign of Victoria; one token of the British Armed Forces; three banknotes, Belgium (1) and Germany (2); and three medals, including two German military awards (a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class and 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd class) which were picked up by a friend of Mr Allen among debris in Hitler’s bunker after the Allied capture of Berlin in 1945. Fifty-eight coins:</value>

1605635024000 1605261562000 Standard Record object-266515 1747160900847 1711355944000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-266515 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/266515 30d4f98e-23ae-316e-bb4a-c028117ac3a8 7 reference term-100804 adlib-term-100804 9e0fb390-67dd-35ac-8ebe-1f9145b90880 coin reference term-40365 adlib-term-40365 d79c75c2-da7b-3187-918e-f7a374e04005 bronze Object reference term-119622 adlib-term-119622 dd6626e9-5822-307d-aa31-13c8813e7555 struck Coins and Medals Straits Settlements, George V, half cent, 1916. CM.899-2000 1 accession number CM.899-2000 266515 priref 266515 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/266515 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/266515 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum reference agent-185487 adlib-agent-185487 be2433aa-5119-35a0-b8dd-d75b77ad9c43 Allen Manheim, Julia, Mrs 2000 2000 2000-11-20 given 1916 1916 1916 ruler reference agent-167510 adlib-agent-167510 8ada2014-bb1f-34d3-9aec-33501eefda33 George V (1910-36) reference term-101310 adlib-term-101310 780f531c-e16b-39c5-9805-b4a6b7a36160 half cent denomination reference term-125150 adlib-term-125150 020e731c-4943-3ac9-9229-188e1911e2de Straits Settlements series history note Under Review reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum

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half cent <value>One of a collection of 486 coins, tokens, banknotes and medals, comprising mainly 18th-20th century British and foreign coins, but including some Roman, medieval and other pieces. The collection was formed by Peter Allen (1905-93) and given to Mrs Allen Manheim, who is generously offering it to the Museum with the proviso that ‘any coins not required for the collection may be sold and the proceeds used to purchase other items for the Department of Coins and Medals’. Sixty-five items have been selected for the collection: 58 coins, including an antoninianus of Carausius (AD 286-93); a silver penny of William I, Paxs type; a penny of Edward II, class 11b3/11b2, Durham; a groat of Edward IV’s second reign, London; a shilling of Charles I; and a crown of Charles II; a gold sovereign and half-sovereign of Victoria; one token of the British Armed Forces; three banknotes, Belgium (1) and Germany (2); and three medals, including two German military awards (a 1914 Iron Cross 2nd class and 1939 War Merit Cross 2nd class) which were picked up by a friend of Mr Allen among debris in Hitler’s bunker after the Allied capture of Berlin in 1945. Fifty-eight coins:</value> object OBJECT