Queen Victoria coronation coin or medal?

[MrDannyDoodah]

My debut post here, although I've been a keen collector of coins for probably 15 to 20 years, mostly used decimals and rogue Channel island and IOM ones, usually found in change. Biggest regrets have been losing my mum's Churchill Crown that she had prized for years before she gave me it as a child and I promptly lost it, and as a young teen spending my single metal 'Doves' two pound coin, despite having promised the person who gave it to me, my nan (now recently deceased), that I would save it forever so that it would be worth something, I really wish I had kept hold of it now.

Anywho here is my query:

A friend of mine has, rather flatteringly if somewhat optimistically, recommended my help in identifying a coin or medal of some sort one of his brother's has found in an old house recently. It has on one side a portrait of, we think, Queen Victoria looking quite young and facing forwards but slightly off centre. On the other side is a picture of what we think is her coronation, showing a lion in the front and two women on either side of her, the one on the right has her arm outstretched and appears to be holding laurel leaves or something similar. My friend's attempt to read the writing on the heads side is "victoria crowned at westminster 1866 in the coming of her age", although my feeling is the year is actually 1838 and the phrase is more likely to end "in the 19th year of her age".

I have found a few pictures of a similar coronation medal but nothing exactly like the one my friend has found, so any ideas? Thanks

[MrDannyDoodah]

The head side photo is attached to my last message, and the tails side to this message.

[Rob]

Not a clue what it is except to say it's a medal or medallion and certainly not a coin.

[Peckris]

My debut post here, although I've been a keen collector of coins for probably 15 to 20 years, mostly used decimals and rogue Channel island and IOM ones, usually found in change. Biggest regrets have been losing my mum's Churchill Crown that she had prized for years before she gave me it as a child and I promptly lost it, and as a young teen spending my single metal 'Doves' two pound coin, despite having promised the person who gave it to me, my nan (now recently deceased), that I would save it forever so that it would be worth something, I really wish I had kept hold of it now.

Anywho here is my query:

My friend's attempt to read the writing on the heads side is "victoria crowned at westminster 1866 in the coming of her age", although my feeling is the year is actually 1838 and the phrase is more likely to end "in the 19th year of her age".

Yes, that's about how long you'd have to keep it before it was worth anything The good news is that you can replace both the Dove of Peace £2 and the Churchill Crown for not much more than face value.

Victoria was crowned in 1838 after coming to the throne in 1837, so your feeling is quite correct, and she was indeed 19 at the time.

[seuk]

Looks like a cast pewter medal with some remaining white metal on the surface. I guess these are cheap contemporary copies of original medals.

[scott]

might have been issued at the time, looked like a nice design as well.