Fantasy Coin - Edward VIII `Wreath` Crown, Trial

Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 before any circulating coinage bearing his effigy reached the public, making every "Edward VIII" coin a post-hoc creation. The original 1937 Wreath Crown was itself a pattern — designed by Percy Metcalfe and never issued for circulation — so this 2017 brass trial is a fantasy restrike of a coin that was already a non-circulating prototype. Two layers of hypothetical removed from actual currency.

Collectors should be clear-eyed: pieces like this are modern numismatic merchandise, not artifacts of the abdication crisis itself.