Need help on coin

[RustynailDan]

I have searched for this on the Internet and the closest thing I can find is a Canadian coin, but mine is different. The Queen is facing the wrong way and looks much younger. Also the word Canadian is missing on the back side. Wondering if it has value and should I clean it up? I am calling it a coin because it has the word "Coin" on the front and 1953 on the back.
Thanks
Dan

 

[RelicDigger1]

If it helps, Dan, the initials "ER" stand for "Elizabeth Rules/Reigns." The coronation of the current Queen of England, Elizabeth II, was held in 1953. I'm not certain what you have is a coin as much as it may be a token commemorating EII's coronation ceremony that year (if I'm not mistaken) at Westminster Abbey.

Hope this helps.

Richard

 

[1859large]

A souvenir of her crowning/coronation in 1953. Most likely had a ribbon attached.

Tourist stuff not an official coin. Certainly not the profile seen on coins, coins have profiles only - you only see one eye, not two.

Where did you find it, state will do.

HH

1859

 

[RustynailDan]

Thank you, I was afraid it wasn't much, I wanted to try out taking pictures of it anyway. I found it in Georgia.
Dan

 

[RelicDigger1]

Still a neat find, Dan. Who finds a 55-year-old souvenir from another country?

The coronation was quite an event. While doing research for my relic book, we visited the Tower of London and toured the museum with the Crown Jewels. There with the jewels was a video presentation as large as a movie theater of EII's ceremony. Imagine the pomp and circumstance surrounding a single president. Then imagine crowning 10 presidents at once (they haven't had a new monarch since 1953) and you have an idea of the magnitude of the event.

At any rate, I still say neat find. '59's correct in that their coinage only shows EII's profile. But a 3D bust is all the better.

Richard

 

[bernie63]

Hi, ER actually stands for Elizabeth Regina our queens name hope this helps.

 

[RelicDigger1]

Thanks for the correction, Bernie. Actually, when I was typing the above post, something didn't seem quite right but I couldn't place my finger on it.

You're absolutely right and I will hopefully remember EII's name a bit better!

Richard

 

[1859large]

And Rex is King. English coins minted under a king are marked REX.

Elizabeth's whole name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Winsor but she is called The Queen, Her Majesty or Ma'am.

She only uses her surname when signing letters. Being Queen she is called Queen.

Despite being a loyal subject I had to check this on Wikipedia.


HH

1859

 

[RelicDigger1]

Very interesting lessons learned from the both of you. I've been twice to visit but each time the flag's been absent. No queen to whom to wave. Perhaps one day we'll be fortunate enough to snap a photograph of the flag flying above Buckingham.

Fascinating field of study, the British monarchs.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Richard

 

[Gila Marc]

Pardon my ignorance, but I somehow thought the Royal Family also included "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" in their surname.

Marc

 

[1859large]

They changed "Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" to Winsor some time ago when the English where fighting the Germans. Not sure when. The royal family of Britain was related to most of the the European monarchs through marriage In a time of war it was a bit confusing to fight for the King when his name was the same as the king they where fighting against. A lot of surnames got changed at the same time to more english sounding ones. The only other one I can think of was the last Viceroy of India, Mountbatten was formerly Battenberg.

1859

 

[RustynailDan]

Wow, talking about a education.
Thanks Guys
Dan