Are there any legit Edward VIII coins?

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  1. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    For some reason my previous images do not display now.

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  3. Muzyck

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    As noted upthread,my Fiji from 1936..

    Fiji 1936 obverse.jpg Fiji 1936 reverse.jpg
     
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  4. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    Repeated with new pictures:

    This British newspaper front page has a small article on coins of Edward VIII:

    Daily Herald newspaper, December 11, 1936
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    Page detail - No coins of King Edward

    Article text:

    NO COINS OF KING EDWARD
    RUSH TO BUY STAMPS
    No King Edward VIII coins will ever be in circulation.

    No coins could have been made before a royal proclamation announcing the date on which the coinage would come into circulation.

    Such a proclamation was expected this month. It would have described the design for the King's head and the designs of the reverse sides for the different denominations.

    The existing King Edward stamps will be issued until the stocks are exhausted.

    Within a quarter of an hour of the abdication announcement, post offices at [] were raided yesterday by philatelists. They purchased all King Edward stamps of the higher denominations.

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