What happended in 1930?
In UK: Monarch is King George V. Prime Minister is Ramsay MacDonald (Labour). British unemployment averages 18%. British airship R100 takes 78 hours to get to Canada, but airship R101 disastrously crashes in France. Arthur Ransome publishes Swallows and Amazons.
In USA: President is Herbert Hoover (R-California). In New York, The Chrysler Building is completed and the Empire State Building begins construction. Colonel Sanders opens the first Kentucky Fried Chicken in North Corbin, Kentucky. Clarence Birdseye sells the first ever frozen food in Springfield, Massachusetts.
In USA: President is Herbert Hoover (R-California). In New York, The Chrysler Building is completed and the Empire State Building begins construction. Colonel Sanders opens the first Kentucky Fried Chicken in North Corbin, Kentucky. Clarence Birdseye sells the first ever frozen food in Springfield, Massachusetts.
Obv | Rev | Cat | Coin |
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![]() | ![]() | Florins | 1930 Florin - George V |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1930 Gold Sovereign Melbourne |
![]() | ![]() | Sovereigns | 1930 Gold Sovereign Perth |
| | Sovereigns | 1930 Gold Sovereign South Africa |