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Electronic Auction 506  15 Dec 2021
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Lot 937

Estimate: 150 USD
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Enameled coin. Enameled 1887 British shilling. VF.

From the Anna Maria Island Collection.

Enameled coin jewelry was first made by Birmingham jeweler Edwin Steel in 1886. It was particularly popular in the late Victorian period, falling off by the time of the outbreak of World War I. production of enameled coin jewelry in the Britain ceased completely with the 1920 Gold and Silver Act, which banned deliberate mutilation of coins.
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