I dont have a picture at the moment, but I was wondering how much this would be worth? It is an Edward VIII gold coin, dated 1936, it has a hole in the middle and says 'East Africa' on. Any ideas?
Hi,Jamie.As a collector of British Commonwealth coins,I can tell you that this is a very common coin,but a very interesting bit of numismatic history from this very short reign.Other countries that issued coins during the reign of King Edward VIII include Fiji,New Guinea,Ireland,& some of the Indian Princely States,most notably Kutch,as well as East Africa. Aidan.
There is a lot of information on the net about him. He abdicated the thrown after less than a year to marry a divorcee. Most countries of the commonwealth (including Great Brittan) had not even produced his coins for circulation by the time he abdicated. So its neat to have a coin of his. Usually each monarch faces the opposit direction as his or her predecessor. The other interesting fact about the limited patterns and dies that were produced, was the fact that he broke tradition and had his portriat face the same direction as his predecessor.
I almost bought one just like it today,but decided on the Haiti coins I posted in another thread.And of course,it's bronze,not gold.
Karrlot,Great Britain did have a King Edward VIII coin in circulation - the extremely rare pattern brass 3d., which depicted a thrift plant in a circle.This coin was struck to calibrate vending machines.They were all supposed to have been returned to the Royal Mint to be melted down.Somehow 12 pieces escaped into circulation.Even the former King had to buy his piece on the open market. Aidan.
