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Edward VIII Cyprus Coincraft Issue
| Issuer | Coincraft |
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| Year | 1936 |
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| Weight | 4.86 g |
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| Obverse description | Uncrowned, bare-headed effigy of King Edward VIII facing right, rendered in a plain, modernist portrait style with short hair and a collarless neckline. The legend EDWARD VIII · KING · & · EMPEROR encircles the bust, reading clockwise around the upper and lower periphery. The field is smooth and deeply mirrored, consistent with proof production. A beaded border frames the entire design. |
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| Obverse lettering | EDWARD VIII · KING · & · EMPEROR |
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Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 before any coins bearing his effigy entered circulation in Britain or its territories, leaving an almost complete void in the struck coinage of his reign. Coincraft, the London dealer, produced this piece decades later to fill that collector gap — it is a fantasy issue with no official standing, not a suppressed or unissued government striking.
The X# prefix in the reference confirms its non-standard status in the Krause catalog system.