The seaside holiday was the 'Great British Invention', as much for health as for recreation. Seabathing as a cure and exercise became highly fashionable and the resorts to accommodate the holidaymakers reached their peak in the Edwardian era. The main coin cover celebrates this uniquely English phenomenon with a cover encapsulating a genuine 1907 Edward VII penny complemented by a seaside beauty and the words 'Oh I do like to be beside the seaside' - the well known song which was composed 100 years ago in 1907.
