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Auction: 23050 - The Official Golden BNTA Anniversary Charity Auction
Lot: 48

Edward VIII (1936), Spink's Proposal for His Majesty's Coronation Medal, 1937, in silver, by W McMillan for Spink and Son, CROWNED MAY 12 1937, bust left, rev. KING AND EMPEROR, Royal shield and supporters, edge plain, 12.00g, 12h (Giordano 260b; W&E 6720; BHM 4302), purple and amber hues on pondlike fields, scarce and sought after, the legends officially smoothed to mask the embarrassment of Edward VIII's abdication, in original red fitted Spink & Son case

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Spink has an illustrious history of producing medals, dating back to the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. In the 1890s, Spink purchased the Soho Medal premises of A D Lowenstark and began producing Military, Wedding and Jubilee Medals under Royal Patronage, as well as specific commemoratives for the 1902, 1911, 1936 and 1953 Coronations. All are highly prized today, particularly the last two, as no official medals were produced for the crowning of King Edward VIII (for obvious reasons) or the late Queen Elizabeth II, in favour of the familiar 'Horseback' cupro-nickel Crown.

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£520