Edward VIII Cyprus Coincraft Issue

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.