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Fantasy - Edward VIII Palestine, Coincraft Issue
| Issuer | Coincraft |
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| Year | 1987 |
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| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
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| Obverse description | Conjoined facing busts of Edward, Duke of Windsor, and Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, rendered in high relief in a portrait style. The Duke appears in the foreground to the right, depicted in a suit and tie with a broad smile, while the Duchess is positioned slightly to the left and behind, her hair worn up. The curved legend arcs around the upper field reading DUKE & DUCHESS OF WINDSOR, with the ampersand rendered as a decorative symbol. The overall composition fills the field in a bold, medallic artistic style consistent with a proof fantasy issue. |
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| Edge | Reeded |
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Coincraft, the London dealer, produced this piece in 1987 as part of their fantasy series imagining coinage that never came to be — Edward VIII abdicated in December 1936 before a single circulating coin bearing his effigy entered production anywhere in the British Empire. Palestine was then under British Mandate, and a genuine Edward VIII Palestinian issue was indeed planned but never struck for circulation. The .375 fineness — nine-carat gold — is characteristic of Coincraft's fantasy output from this period rather than any official Mandate-era specification.