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[Guest steve]

hi ive got a coin with peoples faces on both sides, princes,princesses,dukes, marquis etc of india,albany,edinburgh, hesse, germany,battenburg,york,lorne and connaught.in the centre is the r,r,r,the prince @ princess of wales on one side and hm queen victoria @ empress of india on the other with the other royals around the edge. there is no date or other marking just faces with name & title, does anyone have any info of where and when this coin came into being.it is 2cm across,1.5mm thick could be brass,tarnished looks to bright to be copper but may be wrong.thanks

[Emperor Oli 0]

Hmm commemorative. I think it was produced by the Channel Islands or Guernsey or Jersey etc. I have no idea of the value

[Chris Perkins 228]

I think it sounds contemporary (c 1850 - 70) and it sounds like it features Queen Victoria and all her children. I would think it's unlikely to be modern because of the 'Empress of India' title.

I know that her children married into all of those Royal European families and as the fact that is no longer very significant today, again leads me to believe that it is contemporary.

Perhaps Geoff is familiar with it?

[Emperor Oli 0]

...it sounds like it features Queen Victoria and all her children. I would think it's unlikely to be modern because of the 'Empress of India' title.

Ahh clever

[Geoff T 3]

...it sounds like it features Queen Victoria and all her children. I would think it's unlikely to be modern because of the 'Empress of India' title.

It undoubtedly does. The Dukedoms of Edinburgh, Connaught and Albany were held by Victoria's sons Alfred, Arthur and Leopold and the other titles relate to the husbands of her daughters. It can't be earlier than 1877 because that's the year she became Empress of India. I suspect it's later from the reference to the various daughters' titles and could well be connected with the jubilee of 1897. The other clue to dating is the reference to York - this is the future George V as Duke of York, a title he was only given after he became heir presumptive in 1892.

Any chance of a picture?

Geoff

[william 0]

Yes, more people should register, and post pictures!!

[Emperor Oli 0]

^^^ I am truly in awe of Geoff's knowledge ^^^

[william 0]

Me too!

[Geoff T 3]

William, see the notice on my office door next time you're passing - it explains everything about my omniscience...

G

[william 0]

I'll have a look some time, Geoff!