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Edward VIII - East Africa - Mintage Figures?

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my only edward 8th coin I have is an east africa coin, and its in poor enough condition.
im just curious does anyone know what the mintage figure for these coins would roughly be or does anyone know rare edward VIII coins to look out for? pics below.

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 Posted 01/03/2007  4:15 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Susanlynn9 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Krause shows it as KM#24 with 4,142,000 minted.
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 Posted 01/03/2007  4:21 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Banjax to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
thanks susanlynn9!
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Edward VIII coins are an interesting, popular and not very expensive subseries of British Empire/Commonwealth coinage. Edward VIII had a bit of a disagreement with the Mint over his portrait; as a result, no portrait coins were issued during his brief reign, from any country in the Empire. So, the only coins issued in the name of Edward VIII are ones that don't have his portrait - normally because the coins are holed.

Here's a complete list, as near as I can tell (I welcome any additions or corrections). All coins are, of course, from 1936:
British West Africa
1/10th penny - three mintmarks (none, H and KN) - KM 14
½ penny - same three mintmarks - KM 15
1 penny - same three mintmarks - KM 16

East Africa
5 cents - two mintmarks (H and KN) - KM 23
10 cents - same three mintmarks as BWA coins - KM 24

Fiji
1 penny - KM 6

Jodhpur (Indian State) - King's name in Arabic; these coins are typical crude States coins.
¼ anna - three varieties - KM 131 to 133

Kutch (Indian state) - better made than Jodhpur's. These coins have the King's name in Arabic with Arabic "8"; issued in local year (vikramasamvat) 1992 and 1993.
3 dokda VS1993 - KM/Y 63
1 kori VS1992 and 1993 - KM/Y 65
2½ kori VS1992 and 1993 - KM/Y 66
5 kori VS 1992 and 1993- KM/Y 67

New Guinea
1 penny - doesn't have his name, only the ERI monogram - KM 6

All these are cheap - the highest catalogued Edward VIII coin is the Kutch 2½ kori, at US$32.50 in Unc! The only silver coins were the 1, 2½ and 5 kori issued by Kutch; all others were cupronickel or bronze.

There is one other Indian States coin I didn't mention - a gold mohur of Jodhpur. Krause doesn't list a value at all, so it's probably either pricey or all known examples are in museums.

There is, of course, the ultimate Edward VIII rarity - the pattern threepence, with the trial portrait of Edward VIII - only a few escaped into circulation. They're the "1913 Liberty Head nickels" of British coinage.

For some, these coins aren't enough. To fill this "latent demand", several medal-making companies have issued "unofficial pattern crowns" in the name of various countries which were in the Empire at the time.

As an experiment, I just ran an ebay search worldwide for the exact phrase "Edward VIII" in category "coins". 40 items came up. One was an Edward VIII Coronation medal (the medal-makers had egg on their faces after that one!), one was a Canadian "Royal Family" series $2 note from 1923, there were four BWA coins and and two Fiji pennies. All the rest were unofficial patterns.
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thanks sap for the info!
i will be keeping an eye out for one of those 3pences!!
do you or anyone else on this forum have some of these edward VIII coins?
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I do.

When I went to Kenya, I picked up a couple of these plus some silver George III I think coins.

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quote:
Originally posted by Banjax
thanks sap for the info!
i will be keeping an eye out for one of those 3pences!!
do you or anyone else on this forum have some of these edward VIII coins?

I have a few of them in my collection. I've got:
- BWA 1/10th penny (no mm)
- BWA 1 penny (H)
- East Africa 5 cents (KN)
- Fiji penny
- New Guinea penny

I have a Kutch 1 kori from 1936, but it's George V. .
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