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I can look it up in my Carlisle catalogue when I get home. But as a general rule, for royal event medallions, "generic" types like this one are scarcer and worth less than medals issued for a specific town or organization.
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I thought that might be the case. If you could look it up it would be much appreciated Sap. Thanks!
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The medal is Carlisle number 1911/2, as indicated at the bottom of the museum info card. There are die varieties to be found as the mintage was high enough to require several different dies. It also comes in five flavours: plain bronze, gilt bronze, silvered bronze, solid silver and 9ct gold. But the basic price in the 2008 priceguide is $10 in EF for the first three finishes.
Minted by Stokes & Sons, mintage numbers unknown. Someone in my coin club wrote an article on some of the die varieties of these; if you think you might be interested I can forward you a copy.
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Yeh that would be good. Yesterday I had planned on selling it on ebay but I think I'm going to hold onto it so any extra information would be great thanks Sap. A bit later tonight i'll post a picture. |
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I have a few Edward 7th medals but dont know much about them   |
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For stevo's medals, the one on the right is a "generic" type, C1902/7 ($10 in EF). The one on the left is the one for Launceston, C1902/22 ($20 in EF).
An interesting aside: you can see that the "coronation dates" on these two medals are actually different. The history books tell us that the statement on the left one, "crowned 26 June 1902", is incorrect. The coronation was indeed originally scheduled on that date, but the king came down with appendicitis and so the ceremony had to be postponed until the date on the second medal, 9th August; from this it can be assumed that the Launceston medal was produced earlier than the generic one.
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Enworb, I found the article from the QNS Magazine; it's from September 2007. It lists four obverse and four reverse types giving a total of six varieties, but doesn't give any indication of relative rarity. E-mail me a snail-mail address and I can mail you a copy of the Magazine, if you're still interested.
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i had half of one of these in a junk collection I picked up but it was bent and the top cm or so broken of, its in the scrap bucket outside now
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