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1 Crown - Edward VIII Gold Proof Piedfort
| Issuer | New Zealand |
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| Year | 1937 |
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| Composition | Gold (.9167) |
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| Obverse description | Bare-headed effigy of King Edward VIII facing left, with finely detailed hair, occupying the central field. The portrait, signed with the engraver's initials DRG at the truncation, conveys a modernist sculptural quality characteristic of the proposed coinage designs for this short reign. The encircling Latin legend reads EDWARDVS VIII D: G: BR: OMN: REX, arranged around the periphery within a toothed border. |
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| Reverse lettering | 1937 NEW ZEALAND |
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Edward VIII abdicated on December 11, 1936, before any coins bearing his effigy entered circulation in New Zealand or anywhere else in the Commonwealth. What exists instead is a small category of patterns, proofs, and piedforts struck — largely by private mints or speculative die-cutters — to satisfy a collector demand for coins that never officially happened. This piece falls squarely into that shadow category.
The X# reference confirms non-circulation status in the Krause system. At 40g in .9167 gold, the piedfort format doubles the standard planchet thickness purely as a prestige format for the collector market, with no monetary intent behind it.