Hello Everyone, I don't have much experience with coins. My family is in the midst of settling my grandmother's estate and we need some assistance identifying this coin. Based on what my father remembers, she purchased this coin sometime in the early 1950's while in Portugal and had a jeweler in Lisboa create a pendant out of it. It is about 2 inches in diameter and in the center of the back is stamped XX 980 Dukaten. Any information you can provide is much appreciated.
I don't know the coin but a quick google search turned up the following: Elizabeth II, small Gold Coronation Medal, 3.51g,presumably 22 carat, crowned bust right, beadedborder both sides, rev struck en medaille,cruciform emblems, AMOR POPULI PRAESIDIUMREGINAE . legend, tiny I and DUKATEN in centrecircle, with 980 in middle, 20mm. Assuming this is the same thing - I don't believe it will have any value above spot gold because of it being set as jewelry so you would have 3.51g of 22 karat gold
The four "branches" of that emblem (rose, thistle, etc.) represent the four parts of the United Kingdom. As far as I know, those medals were made in Munich. Any edge inscription? There is a XXX Dukaten variety which says "Bayer. Staatsmünze" on the edge; don't know about this one ... Christian
Thank you all for your quick reply. We will have to check on the edge. It is currently hidden by the band around it applied by the jeweler and we were afraid to have it removed until we learned a bit more about the coin/medal. In case it helps, my father weighed it on his digital kitchen scale and it weighs nearly 75g. Would this make it more likely that this is a medal vs a true coin? Thanks again for everyone's help.
