Need Info On This Coin / Token 1826 | Enamelled Shilling

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billbill New Member Australia 2 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 01:43 am Hi, I bought a 1917 gold elgin pocket watch and this coin was hidden behind the felt in the watch box. I would like to know more info about it. Thanks Image: DSC00001.jpg 81.33 KB Image: DSC00010.jpg 46.32 KB Edited by Sap 11/30/2008 08:56 am Report this Post to the Staff

Peter THOMAS Pillar of the Community Australia 2830 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 04:21 am G'day & welcome, I'd like to have an Elgin watch ... Your coin is a shilling from the United Kingdom. The obverse shows King George IV. The reverse has been enamelled. I don't know why people did this, but they did it a lot with coins of this era, and I have several of them. I could understand it more readily if the coin were drilled to become a pendant, or otherwise mounted to be worn as a brooch, but there are plenty of them just like yours. Your shilling is "sterling", which means it is 92.5% silver. An interesting piece: it is fascinating to speculate when the watch and the coin begain their journey together ... Peter in Oz Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 08:55 am to the forum, I think the enamelling was done at a later date perhaps in 1917 and the coin was kept as a good luck peice. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16859 Posts	Posted 11/18/2008 7:21 pm As this article explains, the height of the enamelling craze was in the mid-to-late 1800's, during the reign of Queen Victoria. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
TreasHunt Pillar of the Community United States 2540 Posts	Posted 11/19/2008 09:21 am billbill: welcome to the forum. Report this Post to the Staff
billbill New Member Australia 2 Posts	Posted 11/25/2008 05:51 am Thank you for all the info and thank you for the warm welcome to this forum :) Report this Post to the Staff
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