Four-Of-A-Kind

Interesting post and cool picture. Never seen them together like that (off to google images for a little ADD :)

ps get the crown :)

I know! And it looks like I need to upgrade my halfcrown as well.

sometimes they holiday at Windsor -

"The Wisden obituary of King George VI in 1953 records that he "performed the hat-trick on the private ground on the slopes below Windsor Castle". A left-handed bowler, the future king bowled his grandfather King Edward VII, his father King George V and his elder brother David, later King Edward VIII, with three consecutive balls. The value of this achievement must be qualified by the fact that Edward VII died when the then Prince Albert of Wales was 15, so the hat-trick was by a young boy in the back garden against three people who never showed any aptitude for the game. Still, it made the pages of Wisden."
http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalman.../154150.html

apologies to those who do not love cricket.

I have most of the the KE8 coins: there are a surprizing number of date varieties.

Peter in Oz

I have a collection of all of the coins issued in the name of Edward V111 throughout the British Empire. There are seven coins in this series. None of them have his image on them.

They are:
British West Africa; copper nickel One Penny, Half Penny and One Tenth of a Penny,
East Africa: bronze Ten Cents and Five Cents,
New Guinea: bronze Penny,
Fiji: copper nickel Penny.

All are in brilliant uncirculated condition, and all have a central hole.

I have also included a silver Kutch 5 Kori, of British India, I am still trying to track down a nice Kutch 2 Kori.

Also included as an afterthought is a aluminum medal struck for his coronation, which never happened.
The legend is os interest - obverse: HM EDWARD V111 crowned head right, reverse: legend in 5 lines BIRTH 23.6.1894, P.OF WALES 13.7.1911, ACCESSION 20.1.1936, CORONATION 12th MAY 1937.

This small collection is not all that valuable, but it is interesting

Thanks, Pandesalapi !



Sel, I looked up the Kutch coins, those would be a dream to have! You probably meant 2 and 1/2 Kori?

And KE8 coronation medal? All I can say is

The important thing to remember is that there are no genuine British coins of Edward VIII.

Any items produced by The Royal Mint bearing his effigy (including the trial brass 3d) were, to the best of my knowledge and following extensive searching, never made legal tender by Royal Proclamation and they must therefore be referred to as patterns and not coins.

I have my own word for the "fantasy" items produced since. I also consider these items to be a form of forgery, at least deception. I'm certain that no true numismatist would want them.

King George V died on 20 Jan 1936 and many coins were produced in his name dated 1936; these include the Maundy Money distributed personally by Edward VIII in that year. It is customary never to issue coins in the name of a new Monarch until after the Coronation. Edward VIII abdicated before being crowned, so none of his coins can exist as British issues. Commonwealth/Dominion countries might have different opinions on this and perhaps we can make a listing of legitimate coins of Edward VIII from around the world.

Bill.

Aha! The difference between the artist and the engineer.

Yes, you can collect the "fantasy" items, but of course they are not coins. Bearing that distinction in mind, OK.

Here is the first example of design against practicality that came to mind. It is the ordinary 1910 florin, no doubt a very pleasing coin when it was new, but has it passed the test of time? I think not. It is one of the better examples from circulation and look at how the reverse has worn - on many of this type the year is unreadable.

A good coin will retain the main parts of the design even when worn and this must be a major consideration. Nice looking designs often wear unevenly which defeats the artist's purpose. A simple design usually achieves this aim rather than a picture transferred to a three-dimension image.

Although I much prefer silver coins, I have to admit that modern ones in cupro-nickel, which is harder, retain their detail far better.

Bill.

Not sure what you mean Bill. Are you the artist or the engineer? I certainly have no claims to artistry but I can if you wish discuss metallurgy all day over a dram or two while I tap my iron ring on the bar.

Whether or not anyone else likes or grants validity to my tiny collection of fantasy pieces is of no interest to me. I don't buy a vehicle thinking the neighbours might like it and the last thing I'd be worried about is how to categorize myself. I have coins and paper money and many other items that relate to those.

I'm with Sap though.. strongly... if items aren't labelled fantasy I'm the first one to yell... loudly. Any medallion even remotely resembling a Canadian coin is considered highly illegal, fantasy or not. I'm careful not to cross that line because for the most part it offers some protection against copies being openly sold here in the country or even via ebay listing. There is no law governing the appearance of UK coins in Canada though, and since we share a monarch and all... well a portrait is a portrait and beggars can't be choosers. UK fantasy pieces it is.

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