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Here is a crown seldom seen in circulated grade!
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CU #3245 B.N.A. #428
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Wow, that is a first for me indeed. Perhaps a pocket piece?
Highly enthusiastic about world coins, contemporary circulating counterfeits and unusual stuff
A pocket piece that has taken on a very unattractive appearance. It looks like it may have been carried in a pocket with a set of keys.
I don't see a date on that thing - is it 1952? Coronation crown, correct?
Date '1953' is on the reverse, angling about the "Leek" (eight o'clock in the photo above). Typically the coronation is held in the next year after the death of the former sovereign.
This coin was likely somebody's pocket piece.
I can't imagine carrying a pocket piece in a pocket with keys in it.
Who would do that?
lol
I could see someone keeping that coronation crown in their pocket for a sentimental reason.
In 1953, on June 2 my 5th Birthday, I remember sitting on the floor of my house with my grandmother on the couch and together we watched the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
I stopped telling that story through the years because one time it was pointed out to me that there would have been no live T.V. broadcast from the UK to the US East Coast in June of '53.
Then about ten years ago I stumbled across a news item that reported the coronation was recorded and that the tapes were then speedily flown to the U.S. to become the first same day trans Atlantic television broadcast ever. I was pretty happy to hear that.
"Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working" Pablo Picasso
I also watched it on US TV in '53 and we only got 3 stations on our antenna .. NBC maybe, but it may have been taped.
Thx - I thought I had scrutinized it - twice!
Even though the coin has quite a few scratches, it’s a great pocket piece indeed! good find.. cheers!
I like it !!!