flat George III sixpence

[Gaz T]

The big one really is a George III sixpence, any ideas on the inscription meaning?

I've  put a sixpence next to it just for comparison of size.

Not sure if its a love token or a Georgian game of some kind as its been inscribed.

I have no idea how someone squashed this but you can still see the inscriptions around the coin.

[Rob]

Run over by a train probably.

[Coinery]

7 hours ago, Rob said:

Run over by a train probably.

Surely the forces would create an elongated shape, as per hand-rolled pennies that you can make at museums, etc, nowadays? The force would need to be downward, wouldn't it? But how that might happen without splitting the flan eludes me. Heat maybe? I'm baffled! ?

[Coinery]

7 hours ago, Rob said:

Run over by a train probably.

Surely the forces would create an elongated shape, as per hand-rolled pennies that you can make at museums, etc, nowadays? The force would need to be downward, wouldn't it? But how that might happen without splitting the flan eludes me. Heat maybe? I'm baffled! ?

Just had a closer look! None of the letters are stretched or distorted, or even significantly larger. Something not quite right! Perfectly round garter, too! 

[Rob]

You are right, I didn't give it much thought.

The largest thing with a garter reverse is a halfcrown, but the legend looks good for a 6d or 1/- with BRITT REX. Is it silver and what is the weight?

[Peckris]

9 hours ago, Rob said:

The largest thing with a garter reverse is a halfcrown, but the legend looks good for a 6d or 1/- with BRITT REX. Is it silver and what is the weight?

Looks to me like one of the contemporary copper forgeries.

[Rob]

Yes, but it's huge. It is bigger than a crown based on the size of a sixpence.

[Coinery]

18 hours ago, Rob said:

 

The weight's going to be the deciding factor I think...must be wafer thin?

edit: something wrong with the cookies, won't let me write a fresh post, it wants to keep adding it to the end of my old post! 

Edited November 22, 2017 by Coinery

[Peckris]

1 hour ago, Coinery said:

The weight's going to be the deciding factor I think...must be wafer thin?

edit: something wrong with the cookies, won't let me write a fresh post, it wants to keep adding it to the end of my old post! 

It's not the cookies, it's the forum software. I belong to another one which uses the same software - if you quote a post then back out without posting, the next post you make puts the same quote in and there's no way to get rid of it, except to delete its contents. Mildly infuriating.

[Coinery]

2 hours ago, Peckris said:

It's not the cookies, it's the forum software. I belong to another one which uses the same software - if you quote a post then back out without posting, the next post you make puts the same quote in and there's no way to get rid of it, except to delete its contents. Mildly infuriating.

Ah, OK, yes, I know/see what you mean, Sir!

 

[Coinery]

The lions are I'd suggest concave, given their toning, ruling out this being a flattened coin! Some kind of coin or token/medal has been smashed or squeezed onto a disc of some kind, my dear Watson!

 

[Gaz T]

sorry guys its..

5.2 g  and 38.5 mm. must have been a shilling.

 

[Gaz T]

its silver, and yes very thin.

[Gaz T]

you can see BRITT REX FD on this part of the coin.

 

[Gaz T]

And on this one you can see    MAL . Y  PENCE. 

[Gaz T]

Its 1817 I can see the date.

its definitely a George III Shilling 1817.