What happended in 1908?
Monarch is Edward VII. Henry Campbell-Bannerman (Liberal) is replaced as Prime Minister by H. H. Asquith (Liberal). Theodore Roosevelt is US President. Manchester United secure the Football League First Division title The first major trophy. 1908 Summer Olympics held at the White City Stadium, London. American-born Samuel F. Cody makes the first powered fixed-wing aircraft flight in Britain. Kenneth Grahame publishes The Wind in the Willows. First issue of The Magnet, featuring a story of Greyfriars School by Frank Richards.
Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
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![]() | ![]() | USA Half Eagle | 1908 Gold Half-Eagle 5 Dollar - Indian Head |
![]() | ![]() | Half-Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Half-Sovereign Melbourne - Edward VII |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Sovereign Canada - Proof |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Sovereign London |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Sovereign Melbourne |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Sovereign Perth |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1908 Gold Sovereign Sydney |
![]() | ![]() | Sixpences | 1908 Sixpence - Edward VII |