Help required!

[Crezzy]

First time poster here! I need help identifying a coin given to me by my grandfather. The coin is a large commemorative coin and bears king George the 5th and queen Mary on one side and the other shows the union jack and another flag under a crown above all national flowers.

 

Please help!! (Can't post photos as images are too large for the site apparently)

[brg5658]

It sounds like a medal, not a coin.

Care to offer any information on what color metal it is (e.g., brass, copper, bronze, nickel/silver).  Diameter?  Any text on it?

Given the lack of photos, you're not giving us much to go on here...

You can also use an online service like this one to downsize your pictures to a size that is suitable for posting here.

Best, Brandon

[Crezzy]

Thank you please find the images attached ?

[Crezzy]

Oh god those images are terrible!

[azda]

Judging by the OBV side (heads side) it looks South African or Canadian

[Crezzy]

Here are links to the images

http://tinypic.com/r/2nw0bpu/9

http://tinypic.com/r/x2p02c/9

 

[azda]

Seems to be a commemorative medal celebrating 25 years

[bagerap]

These were issued in the hundreds of thousands, and are usually only collected if they were issued by a local authority or commercial company. That said, yours is a reverse design I don't come across very often, and I sell hundreds of this type of medal every year.

Give me some better images to work with.

[brg5658]

Here is a composite image from the two posted images on tinypic:

It's a 25 year (Silver Jubilee) medal commemorating the reign of George V (1910-1935).  Never seen this particular reverse before.  I like it.

[Nordle11]

10 hours ago, Crezzy said:

Oh god those images are terrible!

Did you screenshot those from your ZX Spectrum? 

[bagerap]

I have seen a few like this, but not in silver. I'd really like a good shot of the reverse to check the hallmark.

[Crezzy]

Hello. Sorry I haven't been able to reply till now. The medal is heavy and quite large. I will try and get you some better quality images today. I couldn't find an example of this medal online anywhere. I will be able to give you guys exact weights and stuff but ATM I can't as I'm tucked up in bed. 

Please check back in an hour or so and I will post images from my mobile which has a much higher megapixel camera.

Thanks for all the interest as well. Seems to be a real strange thing my grandfather has stumbled upon.

[Crezzy]

Please see below links to higher quality images of the medal. Looking at the hall marks on the coin using my magnifier it says J.W.T on the left and on the right has the images of an anchor, a lion and then what looks like the letter H

http://tinypic.com/r/azf1i0/9

http://tinypic.com/r/icr1h5/9

 

Edited August 29, 2016 by Crezzy

[IanB]

Assayed in Birmingham.

More like a K

[IanB]

K was 1935

[Sleepy]

Anchor is assayed in Birmingham, Lion is Sterling Silver, H is 1932 K would be 1934 and JWT is the makers mark for J.W. Tiptaft.

[azda]

6 minutes ago, IanB said:

K was 1935

Would sound correct considering it's George V............Pity they couldn't mint the coinage as good as the medals 

[Crezzy]

It does look more like a k actually. So does anyone know a value for a medal like this? And what date was it made?

[IanB]

Hallmarks run from Jan 1st and  are changed to the next letter on the following Jan 1st.

Sleepy was correct in saying 1934, the letter K would have been in use from the 1st Jan 1934 through to 1st Jan 1935.

As these medals were to commerate the silver jubilee in 1935 they would have had to have been assayed in 1934 to carry that  mark.

 

Edited August 29, 2016 by IanB

[bagerap]

Even though it's an uncommon reverse and it is in lovely nick, I would think around £25. More obviously, if you are lucky enough to get a bidding war.

[Crezzy]

I have no intention to sell but just wondering. £25 sounds like a good amount.Thanks