The Extremely Rare & Valuable Coinage of Edward VIII

[@eodnhoj8387]

on holiday in 1966 in conway wales as a child i came across an edward viii brass threepenny piece in a small antique shop...i asked my father if he'd buy it for me but in spite of my tears and the shop owner saying they were very rare even back then he said no i'm not going to pay six shillings and sixpence for a threepenny bit!!... he lived to regret his decision and we started collecting coins together...but the numismatic horse had well and truly bolted...but i guess that not that many people have even held one in their hands...so i'm lucky in that regard at least.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

As you say an honour to have held one

[@martinphilip8998]

Wonderful story. I spent a year with my family in Bristol when I was 16. I lived the coinage. My mother wouldn’t let me bring home a shoebox I’d filled with thrupny bits. The penny arcade was an unforgettable experience. You could play for an hour and only lose $2.😂 I was there 1970-71 during decimal conversion. It was reported that some folks buried hoards of the old coin in case everything crashed. As a schoolteacher I gave a few math lessons in the duo-decimal system. The system and the nicknames for coins is worth knowing for itself. You come across it in literature and history. My father died young but I took up his stamp collecting interest for a time.

[@eodnhoj8387]

@@martinphilip8998 as an avid coin collector at grammar school pre-decimal back in the 1960's i had what i still think was a clever ruse to add to my collection...i made it known around school that i was willing to pay a premium to anyone who could find me coins with a certain date on...i'd give them say four old pence for a 1949 threepence or twopence for a 1951 penny...there was a comprehensive list of all the rare- date coins...all of the kids were avidly looking through their change and bringing anything they found to me...and believe me they found a lot... they all thought that i was a fool...but i knew better...as a child chorister at my church i remember that strangely if you dug up the ground around the outside of the church there were loads of coins to be unearthed... during gaps in choir practice i was very often out looking... i sold my coin collection by tender at auction about ten years ago now... i probably should have kept them but the time was right to move them all on... right now i collect just about everything old interesting and collectable...it keeps me active...and just like back in the 60's boy do i find some really good stuff... happily it all still seems to fall into my lap...once a collector always a collector i guess...thanks for your interesting reply.

[@davidpollard1139]

That coin would have cost thousands of pounds even in the 1960s so why would a dealer be selling it for 6/6, even in 1937 one sold for £500, enough to buy a house so your story doesn't make sense.

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

Most interesting. I have some Edward VIII postage stamps which are more common than the coinage, as are commemorative Coronation mugs, although he was never crowned. Our Main Post Office in Bangor, Co Down, N. Ireland has a very rare Edward VIII post box built into the wall of the building that was built in the same year with the E VII R cipher.

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

Sorry, E VIII R cipher !

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very cool Edward VIII memorabilia is quite popular

[@eddieclark1459]

A Post Office in Rangiora NZ built also in his reign on the front.

[@scented-leafpelargonium3366]

@@eddieclark1459 That is interesting! Thank you for letting us know! 🤗

[@bobkeane7966]

Did any of the colonial territories mint coinage with Edward VIII?

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Yes, a few I believe but I'm not sure where

[@grahamturner5963]

Yep - British West Africa, East Africa, Papua New Guinea and Fiji. No portrait, but the coins carry the legend ERI or Edwardus VIII

[@kimcason8764]

Am I The only One that see's 3 Ring Pulls on the Siver 3 pence..? 😂 I would still like one or two in my Collection, mind..! Thanx for the Clip/Info..! Cheers All from Oz, quick 'Crack a Tinnie..!' 🦘🐪🦎🪱🐊🤗

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Definitely a similar look 😁 Thanks 🙏

[@Moneytane1976]

There is a cheaper way - Fijian Pennies and the Penny of New Guinea, both are around £5 - £10 each. However they only show cyphers, not portraits and there are also a West and East Africa penny and parts.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very true Thanks 🙏👍

[@cwf1701]

did Canada ever do some test strike with Edward VIII on their Penny, nickel, dime, quarter, half-dollar and dollar coins?

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

I don't think so

[@hughwatson9136]

Sorry,should have said same design as crown.

[@stephengraham5099]

Slow down your delivery please. I know you're very keen but at times one words goes into the next.😇

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Yes apologies, will do 😁

[@stevouk]

The Kruger Gray designs on the silver threepence and sixpence had to be scrapped as they represented the ring of the King's namesake, St Edward the Confessor, and hence they wouldn't really have worked for George VI.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks I didn't know that

[@lordleonusa]

I've got a coin from East Africa and another from West Africa that have Edward VIII on them, sadly only his name, not his effigy.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Still very cool 👍

[@rickemerick362]

I had 37 gone. 😢😢😢😂😂😂😂😂🎉

[@Coin_Tales]

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[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks 🙏

[@hughwatson9136]

I have a bronze coin which is like the halfcrown shown but below the cost of arms is ANNO.1936.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very nice 💯

[@sharonstevens5876]

I have a 1937 half penny like you talked about. Can you please tell what makes it so special as when I've looked it up on some sights it's of no value. Thank you.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

If it is George VI then no value If it is Edward VIII Big Value

[@kimberly_happiness]

My dad left me one of them half pennies with the ship on back the yr on coin 1942 so I doubt it is worth anything because it's not the right date

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Sadly no value But nice coin

[@shauncorless8965]

Was offered ,yrs ago a 4 shilling pattern gold prof Edward 8 th and didn't have the £1000 available 😢

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Wow that's amazing a shame you couldn't get it

[@graham4231]

Ive got a friend who has a 1943 copper penny and we are trying to find ot the safest way to get it certified?

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

I would recommend sending it to be graded

[@martinphilip8998]

I spent a year with my family in Bristol when I was 16. I loved the coinage. My mother wouldn’t let me bring home a shoebox I’d filled with thrupny bits. The penny arcade was an unforgettable experience. You could play for an hour and only lose $2.😂 I was there 1970-71 during decimal conversion. It was reported that some folks buried hoards of the old coin in case everything crashed. As a schoolteacher I gave a few math lessons in the duo-decimal system. The system and the nicknames for coins is worth knowing for itself. You come across it in literature and history.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

That is a brilliant story Thank you for sharing 🙏

[@neilbain8736]

The rounded letter E on some of the designs is a bit of a theme. It's on Edward VIII pillar boxes. I think there's 167 left in the UK. I've found some in Tobermory, Glasgow and Birmingham. I got an Edward VIII coin for an Aunt's 70th many years ago. It was a one penny from- I think- British East Africa- if memory serves. It was about the size and colour of a florin. It really was so long ago and I was so much younger but I do remember that it only cost £1.50. There was no monarch's head. It had a hole in the middle as part of the design. It had been issued. My Aunt was intrigued and very pleased but I made a mistake letting slip what it cost!

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very interesting 👍

[@rahza010]

I got 1938 Two shilling GR

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very nice 👍

[@dilaramsubedi7122]

Sir i have 1937 penny coins

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very nice 👍

[@johntyjp]

Some of these coins should've had a swastika included in the coat of arms?! 🤨

[@sandramoelhan8235]

I got 1934 rare and 1914

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very nice

[@mohamedhegazy9724]

My dear son, I asked you before about the coins of Central Africa, King Edward VIII, and you did not answer me. I own two complete sets, each of which is worth a thousand, and I know their value.Or at least a video covering them so that everyone will know them, thank you

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Sounds like wonderful coins Our channel focuses on mainland Coinage at the moment but maybe a future video idea

[@skygohultraman5359]

I have 2 pc

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Nice 👍

[@grahamturner5963]

A lovely journey through a unique set of coins. The designs of the half crown, 3d & 6d are brilliant

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

We agree! Thanks for watching

[@MolefiNkhabu]

Hello buyer I have one penny of 1909

[@thebusinessfinder2543]

What book are you referencing? Also what is the best book to use to check coins? Thanks

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/sGPEimNtlsSSm6M We have a full video here

[@rogerboterdael9760]

Hello, very nice video, I love it, I only have these coins that I just saw. Thank you and have a good weekend 👍

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks, you too!

[@prosunchattopadhyay2740]

British India had some Edward VIII coins in a Princely State of Kutch and British West Africa also had coins in the name of Edward VIII.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very very true

[@rahza010]

Yes 2 and a half shillings Afrika, Africa,👍

[@johnmknox]

I wonder if the KCIII stuff will become the same? I suspect he wont last long. Not sure we will put up with his constant political meddling.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

I suspect not

[@kitkat6959]

Chuck has had at least two years of thousands and thousands of normal coins and silver and gold bullion. Won't be the same as Edward

[@terawattyear]

The interlocking rings on the 3d and 6d looked like handcuffs to me😮.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Yes I see it now 😁

[@susanmitchell4744]

Thank you for a very informative video to a novice numismatist.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Your welcome 😁

[@HasaniBaloyi]

I definitely do have this coins in my collections.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Yes me too 😅

[@matthewvaughan1200]

Amazing 🤯 I'm speechless 😶

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thanks for watching

[@gerritleemburg6777]

This is useful info. Thanks.

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Glad it was helpful! Your welcome 😁

[@stephenallen2712]

A very good and informative video

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Glad you liked it

[@rahza010]

Awesome information .

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@andy45662]

Love your videos ❤

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Thank you 🙏

[@debbietaylor1173]

I have got one penny 1937

[@BitsAndBobsCoins]

Very nice 👍