Edward VII Coronation Coin Dated 1911?
oddball101uk
I have just bought but has not yet arrived an odd coin,
it's a 1911 coronation coin of Edward VII which of course was the
coronation year of George V.
Noticeably the word OMN is missing in the legend and the fact that is
mentions coin also seems strange to me as it is plainly not a coin.
After having had a nose around google and other search engines, the
only decent thread can be found at predecimal.com (link below) but
that appears to be inconclusive, so I am wondering if any group
members have seen this one before or can shed any light on it.
With thanks in anticipation,
John Hodd
http://www.predecimal.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253
Links to pictures of the coin on photobucket below
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z219/oddball101uk/1911EDVIIob.jpg
http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z219/oddball101uk/1911EDVIIrev.jpg
note.boy
for shool children at the time. Billy
"oddball101uk" <oddba...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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Stu
The other option that crossesd my mind, since it is based on a gold
Sovereighn but is clearly brass, would this be a token similar to the
"To Hanover" token, issues in 1911 with Edward vii bust to avoid any
possibility of prosecution as a counterfeit? It has the feel of a
"cars" or gaming token to me...What do you think, Billy?( If I may
call you that...chatted once or twice in the past but never formally)
Stu
oddball101uk
> The other option that crossesd my mind, since it is based on a gold
> Sovereighn but is clearly brass, would this be a token similar to the
> "To Hanover" token, issues in 1911 with Edward vii bust to avoid any
> possibility of prosecution as a counterfeit? It has the feel of a
> "cars" or gaming token to me...What do you think, Billy?( If I may
> call you that...chatted once or twice in the past but never formally)
> Stu
>
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 19:59:21 +0100, "note.boy"
>
>
>
> <note....@naespamntlworld.com> wrote:
> >I have not seeen one like that before but it's probably a mass produced gift
> >for shool children at the time. Billy
>
> >news:d7444fb3-259b-4820...@o15g2000vbb.googlegroups.com...
> >> Hi Folks,
> >> I have just bought but has not yet arrived an odd coin,
> >> it's a 1911 coronation coin of Edward VII which of course was the
> >> coronation year of George V.
> >> Noticeably the word OMN is missing in the legend and the fact that is
> >> mentions coin also seems strange to me as it is plainly not a coin.
> >> After having had a nose around google and other search engines, the
> >> only decent thread can be found at predecimal.com (link below) but
> >> that appears to be inconclusive, so I am wondering if any group
> >> members have seen this one before or can shed any light on it.
>
> >> With thanks in anticipation,
> >> John Hodd
>
> >>http://www.predecimal.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=253
>
> >> Links to pictures of the coin on photobucket below
>
> >>http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z219/oddball101uk/1911EDVIIob.jpg
>
> >>http://i190.photobucket.com/albums/z219/oddball101uk/1911EDVIIrev.jpg
Let me first make my disclaimer, that I haven't very often used
newsgroups and am not well up on their protocol, so please excuse me
if this posting comes out in the wrong place.
I think you could well be right Billy, being a souvenir or model/play
money although one would expect them normally be dated within the
reign of the monarch but it doesn't seem to be on a mass scale as
quite simply it's almost impossible to locate another one, so far
anyway.
No clues are given by way of an engraver/makers mark, the design being
clearly copies of Pistrucci and De Saulles work.
The "To Hanover/Cumberland Jack" series of so many different dates and
designs were really prolific because of the length of the reign, but
they were also making a political/regal statement about the Duke of
Cumberland.
I also like Stu's comment that could well be a form of evasion money
as to avoid prosecution and probable execution for counterfeiting, the
date and legend being sufficiently different from the correct legend
to avoid the noose, and passed over as half or full sov, the masses of
the population probably being illiterate at that time.
When I get the "coin" it will be interesting to see if it does come
pretty close to a half or full sovereign.
Anyway thanks for your comments fellas, quite interesting anyway I
think.
Cheers John
note.boy
possibility of prosecution for forgery, an interesting item.
Who needs a 1794 dollar when this is much more interesting? :-)
My most interesting numismatic items are very often also the cheapest.
Billy
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I found one coin(medal) written on it Edward VII Coronation Coin Dated 1911. Its size 19mm and weight 0.54 gram. It seems that it made from titanium.