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Old Sep 17, 2022 | 1:42 am
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Originally Posted by LETTERBOY
If you really have an Edward VIII coin, that's likely worth a decent sum. I was under the impression that large scale striking of coins with his image wasn't scheduled to start until after he abdicated, and that most of what they had struck was destroyed after he did.
For the real UK ones, his successor as King/Emperor refused to let them be issued into circulation. Rather petty for one Emperor/King to do to the preceding one when it was a peaceful transition of power to yet another George.
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