WHM 57

Inventory number: WHM 57
Period: Modern
Category: Medal
Ruler: Edward VIII (1936-1972 AD)
Date: 1936 AD
Material: Silver
Manufacture: Struck
Shape: Circular
Acquisition: Wadih Hadad Collection (Beirut), bought from Heritage Auctions, lot 34125.
Remarks: Palestine. Silver piefort proof crown from British mandate Palestine engraved in 1936 AD by Richard Lobel and commemorating the coronation of Edward VIII.

EDWARD . VIII . KING . E . EMPEROR

Bust of Edward VIII to left; border of dots

PALESTINE (above), 1936 (below)

Range of six coins from Palestine; border of dots