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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2428437, member: 69760&quot;]There were coin designs proposed to King Edward VIII until he unexpectedly abdicated from the throne in Dec 1936 to marry an American &quot;commoner&quot; from Baltimore.</p><p><br /></p><p>Correct me if I&#039;m wrong, but George Hearn bought up some of the original dies from the Royal Mint (Piedfort?), he designed his dies based off of the original dies , or these are Hearn&#039;s original designs (I&#039;m unsure of which scenario applies here), and struck these up. No period 1936 coin exists of Edward VIII at all. This example I have is a proof-like version minted in 1954 with a mintage of 250, then re-struck later in the 80&#039;s with a mintage of 500 by Richard Lobel, who in turn purchased the dies from George Hearn. As a result, the Richard Lobel minted crowns are said to be less detailed. There are, of course, different mintage numbers for various metal and strike types, such as gold, copper, proof, etc.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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