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The 1936 Dot Cent is a widely known Canadian rarity. It was minted in early 1937 after the death of King George V in January 1936 and the constitutional crisis caused by the sudden abdication of his successor, King Edward VIII, in December 1936. The need for new coinage was so great in...
What happened to Wallis Simpson's engagement ring? After her death, her jewelry collection was sold at auction by Sotheby's bringing in $50.3 million dollars. Included in the sale was Wallis' engagement ring which, in 1958, was taken back to Cartier to be redesigned with a more modern styl...
Just like his great-uncle David, who chose to rule — briefly — as Edward VIII. Or his grandad, Bertie, who became George VI at the moment of abdication, when David became David again. Even as Clarence House strenuously denied those conversations had happened in 2005, it issued this ...