Palestine 1936 Fantasy Crown
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Sent this in as part of my batch with the Swiss Medals.
Edward VIII was King for only 10 months in 1936 and none of his coins were issued for circulation. One original Crown has come up for sale and it sold for about £65,000!
In 1955 the dealer Hearn created a crown sized piece of what Edward's coinage might have looked like, had he not abdicated. On the obverse is the uncrowned bust of the King and on the reverse coins from the British Mandate of Palestine. Each of these privately issued Medallic pattern crowns are the full 38 mm.
X-M1a , Copper-Nickel , Mintage:2,500. PF-66 Cameo NGC.
Edward VIII was King for only 10 months in 1936 and none of his coins were issued for circulation. One original Crown has come up for sale and it sold for about £65,000!
In 1955 the dealer Hearn created a crown sized piece of what Edward's coinage might have looked like, had he not abdicated. On the obverse is the uncrowned bust of the King and on the reverse coins from the British Mandate of Palestine. Each of these privately issued Medallic pattern crowns are the full 38 mm.
X-M1a , Copper-Nickel , Mintage:2,500. PF-66 Cameo NGC.
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There actually were coins issued in his name, none with portraits:
British West Africa 1/10 penny, 1/2p, 1p
Fiji 1 penny
India, Kutch 3 dokda, 1 kori, 2-1/2k, 5k
I might be missing some...
My wantlist & references
Geoffrey Hearn was a close friend of mine, WoW if had known that a "fantasy coin" he created one day not so many years after his passing he would 'turn in his box'. Geoffrey was the most incredulous dealer of his time - READ MORE
http://www.petitioncrown.com/Pewter_Gunmoney_Crown.html
The inimitable Jeffrey Hearn
Jeffrey Hearn, never to be forgotten as the most eccentric numismatic dealers of the last century, from champagne for breakfast to doing battle to friends
Some 30 years ago I was meeting with the infamous and incredulous Jeffrey Hearn; to this day I do not believe that numismatic market has ever had another such a character. His retirement from coins market left a "hole". A man that saw the wonderful collections of the post war era being dispersed. It is difficult to put words to paper about this character; his club which I would frequent with him maybe sums it up. Crazy, he was not, although he was a member of the “ECENTRIC CLUB” at St.James. Champagne for breakfast and bottles of whiskey early morning.
read more.... http://www.petitioncrown.com/Pewter_Gunmoney_Crown.html
those that have more stories of this amazing man, tell me more
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This link may help...
Jeffrey Hearn
Marc
went for a bargain if you ask me......compare this hammer price with similar U.S. rarities
www.brunkauctions.com
went for a bargain if you ask me......compare this hammer price with similar U.S. rarities "
I agree. Bearing in mind that the one above is a genuine mint product. The OP's is a fantasy peace the slab says by dealer Richard Lobel http://www.coincraft.com/aboutus/richintro.asp. I have also seen the fantasy ones issued for Cyprus and other countries. They come up for sale on eBay UK quite a lot.
The only thing that bothers me about them is when sellers on eBay wrongly describe them as "patterns" and not fantasy pieces.
So where they produced by Lobel or Hearn? or both?
"
Edward was born on 23 June 1894 in Surrey. He was the eldest son of the
George V. He became King on 20th January, 1936 after his father George V
died of influenza.
Edward VIII was the only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily, Edward
stepped down in 1936 to marry the American divorcee Wallis Simpson.
Edward VIII abdicated before any coins bearing his name or portrait were
officially issued.
In British West Africa and British East Africa coins dated 1936 were issued but
these coins are common and don't bear his portrait.
In 1937 the mint did produce official dies and pattern coins for Edward VIII but
these were never issued for circulation, and so remain very rare.
The most frequently encountered coin out of them all is the twelve sided brass
three pence. Because of its shape, some were believed to have been supplied
to manufacturers of slot machines to experiment with and occasionally turn up
at auction."
http://www.coinsgb.com/EDWARD_VIII/Edward_VIII.html