What happended in 1902?
The Monarch is Edward VII, who has his Coronation at Westminster Abbey. Lord Salisbury retires as Prime Minister due to ill health and is succeeded by his nephew Arthur Balfour. Lord Salisbury will be the last person to have sat in the House of Lords as Prime Minister. The first Borstal youth detention centre is opened at Borstal, Kent. Second Boer War continues, and not always well for Britain. Manchester United Football Club is formed by John Henry Davies in a name change from Newton Heath. In the Discovery Expedition, Scott, Shackleton and Wilson reach the furthest southern point ever eached by man up until then, south of 82°S. The British Army adopts a dark khaki replacing the traditional red coat. Marmite is first produced. Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Hound of the Baskervilles, Rudyard Kipling Just So Stories and Beatrix Potter Tale of Peter Rabbit with her own colour illustrations.
| Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Crowns | 1902 Crown |
 |  | Florins | 1902 Florin - Edward VII |
 |  | Gold 5 Pound Coins | 1902 Gold 5 Pound - Edward VII Matt Proof |
 |  | Gold 5 Pound Coins | 1902 Gold 5 Pound Coin - Edward VII Proof |
 |  | Sovereigns | 1902 Gold Sovereign |
 |  | Sovereigns | 1902 Gold Sovereign Melbourne |
 |  | Sovereigns | 1902 Gold Sovereign Perth |
 |  | Sovereigns | 1902 Gold Sovereign Proof |
 |  | Sovereigns | 1902 Gold Sovereign Sydney |
 |  | Half-Sovereigns | 1902 Half-Sovereign - Edward VII |
 |  | Half-Sovereigns | 1902 Half-Sovereign Matt Proof - Edward VII |
 |  | Morgan Dollars | 1902 Morgan Dollar (1902-P) |
 |  | Shillings | 1902 Shilling - Edward VII |