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« on: January 07, 2010, 09:32:02 PM »
Doing a bit of diy just before Christmas, decided to change the skirting boards.

Pulled the first board off the wall, brushing up the mess and found this item, which at first site, being black with dust thought it was a coin.

On Front it Says - Edward VIII King & Emperor

It reads on reverse -  To Commemorate The Coronation of King Edward VIII 1937

Around edge it says - Struck by The makers of Rowntrees Cocoa Jellies & GVMS

Anybody have any ideas  Huh

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« Reply #1 on: January 07, 2010, 09:39:33 PM »
no ideas butty.
but its a nice find for behind a scerting board .lol.
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« Reply #2 on: January 07, 2010, 09:41:04 PM »
All I got is spiders behind mine, well done Ace  Cheesy
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« Reply #3 on: January 07, 2010, 09:53:26 PM »
It's "what it says on the tin" Ace. An Edward VIII coronation commemorative issued by Rowntree. Of course, the coronation never happened due to his abdication, but lots of souvenirs had already ben produced.
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« Reply #4 on: January 07, 2010, 10:12:38 PM »
Thanks Peter for I.D. mate, and thanks guys, unusual for it to be there as the house was only built in 1952, and there was no gap in skirting, so how it ended up there goodness knows  Huh
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« Reply #5 on: January 07, 2010, 10:19:06 PM »
he is better known to us as "the duke of windsor"...he gave up the throne for mrs.wallis simpson...a divorced american woman....the king is not allowed to marry a divorcee apparently......he preferred her to the throne...but had to live in exile for the rest of his life.....he died in paris....what we do for love !!......byron
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« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2010, 10:21:48 PM »
He must have fallen head over heels for her to abdicate his right to the throne Byron, cheers fella
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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2010, 10:24:24 PM »
Ace, you have a knack for falling ass backwards into finds, lol.

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« Reply #8 on: January 07, 2010, 10:28:24 PM »
I know that fella  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #9 on: January 08, 2010, 12:32:55 PM »
You even find stuff without using your detector! Well done m8. Grin
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« Reply #10 on: January 08, 2010, 01:03:43 PM »
ITS WHAT PETER SAYS..BECAME COMMON FROM EDWARDIAN TIMES.ANOTHER NAME FOR THEM (MEDALETTS)ALOT OF THEM WERE MADE OF WHITE METAL...
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« Reply #11 on: January 08, 2010, 01:06:39 PM »
Cheers for that Saxonman, great stuff mate thanks.
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« Reply #12 on: January 08, 2010, 01:12:14 PM »
When i was doing out my daughters bedroom i ripped the skirting boards off and found an old newspaper from when the house must have been built....i forget the date exactly now but i think it was the 60s....i wish i had kept it now  Undecided
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« Reply #13 on: January 08, 2010, 02:15:32 PM »
I had a similar experience when I ripped out a fireplace at my previous house and found an old copy of the Daily Mirror.
The date was the 12th of September 1985 and the date on the newspaper was the 12th September 1935 EXACTLY 50yrs to the day.spooky eh ?  Shocked Shocked
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« Reply #14 on: January 08, 2010, 02:22:43 PM »
Thats very strange Richy  Shocked Shocked
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