British Medallions

In 1902 Edward VII was finally crowned King, after the death of his Mother, Queen Victoria. He had waited a long time for this to happen and it almost didn’t as he had an appendicitis attack and the Coronation had to be postponed. In those days, people died of appendicitis. The Royal Mint issued a rather handsome small Official Silver medallion to honour the Coronation in 1902. It had King Edward VII’s bust on one side and his Queen, Alexandra’s bust on the other side. They are in a very contemporary design and are struck in Sterling Silver. He was a very popular King and these sold quite quickly from the Royal Mint. We can offer them in Extremely Fine. Remember that they are now over 120 years old!

In 1910, King Edward VII died after a rather short reign and in 1911 his son was crowned as King George V. The Royal Mint issued an official small sized (31mm) medallion in sterling silver to celebrate the Coronation. The obverse carries the portrait of George V with the legend GEORGE V CROWNED JUNE 22 1911 and the reverse has the portrait of Queen Mary. The mintage was a little over 25,000 and these are rather hard to fi d in nice grade these days.

1897 large bronze medal. Uncirculated. In 1897 Queen Victoria celebrated 60 years as our Queen. The Royal Mint issued a large sized bronze medallion with the Young Head portrait of the Queen on one side and the Old Head portrait of the Queen on the other side. Queen Victoria at the time was our longest serving Monarch, beating King George III. However, the late Queen Elizabeth II surpassed Queen Victoria in 2015. We bought a nice group of these large-sized bronze, Royal Mint medallions in their original red leather cases of issue. Today it might well cost £40-£50 just to hand-make these cases. But we are including it with the Uncirculated bronze medallion and selling it at a special price. If you don’t think it is special, look around at antique fairs and see how much they are asking for similar pieces. You get the Uncirculated 1897 Official Queen Victoria bronze medallion in the Official handmade red leather case for just £145. Today this handsome piece is 120 years old and quite a beautiful medal.

In 1887 the Royal Mint started to issue a series of large sized medallions for historic events such as Coronations and Jubilee’s. The medallion offered here is of Victoria in 1897, produced in bronze. Prices at antique fairs for these medallions are, I think extremely high, but I think you will like our prices even more… Supplies are limited.

In 1887 the Royal Mint started to issue a series of large sized medallions for historic events such as Coronations and Jubilee’s. The medallion offered here is of Victoria in 1897, produced in silver. Prices at antique fairs for these medallions are, I think extremely high, but I think you will like our prices even more… Supplies are limited.