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svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 2:36 pm Can anybody tell me what exactly those are? A toy or a commemorative token? And were they issued the year they are dated? I had had one with Gothic Victoria, dated 1887; and recently I got a 1902 coronation model with Ed VII (see below). Edited by svslav 11/01/2009 2:54 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16941 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 5:01 pm Basically, they're play money. I believe they had "model coin" stamped on them to take advantage of a loophole in Britain's strict anti-counterfeiting laws that prevented play money / game counters from closely resembling real coins. But if people bought them as cheap souvenirs of the coronation, all the better. They were probably originally made and sold in the year indicated, but they may have continued to produce them long after the event. This particular piece is German-made, so it would have to date from before WWI. The name "LAUER" in the exergue beneath the dragon refers to the Lauer family of jeton-makers in Nuremberg. 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
svslav Pillar of the Community United States 2605 Posts	Posted 11/01/2009 8:14 pm Thanks, Sap. I think I'll still keep it for my British Emperors collection - if it's round, made of metal and has a royal British effigy on it, I'll take it. Report this Post to the Staff
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