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Cape Colony: Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: Cradock

Cape Colony: Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: CradockCape Colony: Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra: Cradock
Form: Circular. White metal shell over cardboard holed at 12 o’clock
By: H. Grueber, London
Date: 1902
Ref:  AM2: 82A (similar); Laidlaw: 0340a;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
38.2 mmWhite Metal Shell.5.7 gm$10

Edge: Upright reeded.

Obverse: Conjugate bare heads of the King and Queen, right. Sprig of laurel below. Legend within a toothed border round the rim: "KING EDWARD VII (cross) QUEEN ALEXANDRA".

Reverse: Coat of arms of Craddock flanked by ostrich plumes with cornucopia crest and motto: "PERSEVERANTIA VINCIT". Legend above on a band with beaded borders inside and outside: "TO COMMEMORATE THEIR MAJESTIES CORONATION" and below between stops: "JUNE 26TH. 1902".

Notes: Cradock is a town in, the then, Cape Colony, 290 northeast of Port Elizabeth. The town was found by Sir John Cradock after the Frontier War of 1812 as a stronghold to secure the eastern area of the Colony. In the early 1900s there was a boom in the demand for ostrich feathers leading to temporary prosperity.