King's Own Royal Regiment Museum

Early Coins

Crimean War Discovery

    


"Coin found when road making in Crimea War, Col. du Balaclava, September 1855 in the foundations of old buildings.  Major Paton"
A small copper coin of the Byzantine city of Cherson in the Crimea - they are usually associated with Romanoes Lekapenos, circa 921-944.
Accession Number: KO2868/01

    
Maria Theresa Dollar.
Known as a 'Yemani Dollar' obtained by Corporal John Graves whilst serving in Aden with the 1st Battalion, King's Own Royal Regiment in 1958.   The Maria Theresa Dollar was a well known currency in the Middle East and Africa in the 19th Century and many still survive today in those parts of the world where they were used.
Accession Number: KO2617/61

    
1846 sixpence coin, carried through the Second World War as a good luck charm by Private Robert Huddleston, number 3717631, 8th and 1st Battalions, King's Own Royal Regiment in Malta and Italy.
Accession Number: KO2657/08