What's a "Prince of Wales Model Half Sov."? Update

satootoko

Is this a pattern, a fantasy piece, or ????



20mm, 2.9g, possibly brass.

satootoko

Since no one here had any answers, I spent a little time on Google, and located the website of a Brit who sells "model" coins here, and sent him the picture.

His reply:

<< <i>They are contemporary or there-abouts with the date on the coins. Yours doesn't have one but they're typically 1850's / 1860's.

They were never used as official coinage. They were made as kids play money or as educational aids. Obviously they would have been adopted for other activities such as gambling. >>



So now we know.

lordmarcovan

The "Prince of Wales half-sovereign" models are probably the most common I've seen out there- they generally fetch $9-10 on eBay in better grade.

lordmarcovan

PS- the early years of Victoria's reign saw a whole lot of "model" coinage- like your source suggested, the majority seem to be from the 1840's to the 1860's.


I think the "Prince of Wales" name on yours would date it to 1841, when Victoria's eldest son, the Prince of Wales and future King Edward VII, was born.