Catalog
See full images - free registration
Continue with Google - no registration!
or register with email
Why register? Just to keep bots out of our catalog. Your email stays private - we will never share it or send you anything uninvited. We guarantee you that!
5 Pounds - Edward VIII Pattern
| Issuer | Royal Mint |
|---|---|
| Year | 1937 |
| Type | Log in to see details |
| Value | Log in to see details |
| Currency | Log in to see details |
| Composition | Log in to see details |
| Weight | Log in to see details |
| Diameter | Log in to see details |
| Thickness | Log in to see details |
| Shape | Log in to see details |
| Technique | Log in to see details |
| Orientation | Log in to see details |
| Engraver(s) | Log in to see details |
| In circulation to | Log in to see details |
| Reference(s) | Sp#4063 |
| Obverse description | Log in to see details |
|---|---|
| Obverse script | Log in to see details |
| Obverse lettering | EDWARDVS VIII D: G: BR: OMN: REX F: D: IND: IMP. (Translation: Edward the Eighth by the Grace of God King of all the Britains Defender of the Faith Emperor of India) |
| Reverse description | Log in to see details |
| Reverse script | Log in to see details |
| Reverse lettering | Log in to see details |
| Edge | Reeded |
| Mint | Log in to see details |
| Mintage | Log in to see details |
| Additional information |
Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 before any coins bearing his effigy entered circulation, which makes every piece struck in his name a pattern or proof produced for internal Royal Mint purposes rather than public issue. This five pound piece was struck in 1937 — after the abdication — almost certainly as part of the Mint's routine proof set production for the incoming George VI coinage, where Edward VIII patterns were completed simply to close out the interrupted series.
Edward famously insisted his portrait face left, breaking the centuries-old tradition of alternating directions between monarchs. George VI's coinage ultimately faced left as well, to maintain the break from Edward rather than honor the convention.