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Message:: [QUOTE="ahearn, post: 611074, member: 18211"]Very attractive coins. I too recently became interested in Edward VIII coins but haven't acquired any yet. As I understand it, since he abdicated before 1936 was out, there were no official coins with his profile, although some (like yours) without profile.  There are, however, some pattern "fantasy" coins stuck in the 1950's (Geoffrey Hearn series) and some later that used the pattern dies (for the reverse) that would have been used had he remained in power. The "coins" have Edward's left-facing (out of sequence) profile, are dated 1936, and, were produced in a number of versions representing various British colonies or commonwealths. I'm thinking of collecting them as novelties because they have an interesting story behind them. Most I've seen, however, on eBay are ripoffs (no surprise!) and are often loosely represented as official coinage or sovereigns. Here's a photo:[ATTACH]49342.vB[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]