Unidentified medal query

[Guest squishycakes]

Hello all

Apologies if this is in the wrong place, I promise I tried to get it right

OK. I recently acquired a small collection of coins, nothing of any value (I don't think this is valuable, by the way, am just really curious what it is as Googling has produced zero results)

This has a bale at the top to hang on a chain. It is about the size of a new one pence piece (a little bigger) and copper.

One side has a bust of Queen Victoria and the words "VICTORIA DIED JANUARY 22ND 1901"

The other has busts of who I presume to be Edward VII and Alexandria with the words "EDWARD VII AND ALEXANDRIA 1901"

Can anyone tell me anything about this please? I would be very grateful. Many thanks.

[Geordie582]

Welcome to the mad-house Can you take a picture and post it?

[Hussulo]

Hi squishycakes.

I found it on one of my friend’s website from another forum. He describes it as being:

"1901 Victoria Death medal

Not listed in British Historical Medals so it's “Previously unknown" in rarity. This medal is Brass measures 22.5 mm 5.2 grms with Victoria on one side with date of death, on the other Edward and Alexandra. No artist name or initials"

Click on here for link to webpage

As for value, well it is rare but since it is unpublished it’s hard to say. Basically it is worth what someone is prepared to pay for it and if you get a couple of people interested the price would go up.

[Guest squishycakes]

That's the one! Thank you very much, that's great

[Geoff T]

Yes, it's a medal simultaneously commemorating the death of Queen Victoria and the accession of Edward VII, but I'd not get over excited about it being a rarity. There were hundreds of unofficial medals like these struck at this time and later for the coronation of Edward VII. Because they're unofficial they're unlikely to be in BHM and there's never been a systematic inventory of medal such as these, largely because they are invariably in base metal and by artists who were not big names. This one was probably produced by a firm who saw a commercial opportunity and jumped in.

Geoff