The government and treasury of Jersey, Channel Islands, have issued new collector coins which are in celebration of one of the world’s first established fighting forces to take to the air and also develop major advances in flight technology. Britain’s Royal Air Force (RAF) came into its own during the fighting in Europe in World War I
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United Kingdom: New £2 coin celebrates the centenary anniversary of the Royal Air Force
The Royal Mint have unveiled (1st January) the design for a new two-pound coin issued in celebration of the centenary anniversary of the Royal Air Force, which came into being in 1918. The need for air power was realised during the deadly European conflict which erupted in July 1914