Token Georges III 1817

[NENES 369]

Good morning every body,

Ihave a token of Georges III de l'ordre de la jarretière "honi soit qui mal y pense" de 1817. I don't know her history. Can you help me please?

[NENES 369]

Good morning every body,

Ihave a token of Georges III de l'ordre de la jarretière "honi soit qui mal y pense" de 1817. I don't know her history. Can you help me please?

Here is the other side

[NENES 369]

Good morning every body,

Ihave a token of Georges III de l'ordre de la jarretière "honi soit qui mal y pense" de 1817. I don't know her history. Can you help me please?

Here is the other side

[Chris Perkins]

It's not a token it's a forgery of a shlling. Pièces de monnais faux!

It would have been silvered originally so it looked like a real one. "honi soit qui mal y pense" was on all shillings at that time.

[Red Riley]

Okay, it's an 1817 shilling of a type which technically was still legal currency (for 5p) until 1990. This particular type of coin was issued at a time when the coinage was being completely modernised and so a very large number were produced; values are consequently low.

N.B. There are quite a large number of contemporary forgeries of this design.

[Chris Perkins]

Yes, if the actual colour is silver then it's probably a real one...it does look very brassy.

[scottishmoney]

But don't doff it off if it is a brass counterfeit, they have a value as a collectors item. There are enough of them that they have a market value and I know of a couple of people that specialise in them.

[Chris Perkins]

I have a few in my forgery collection. GIII shillings are probably the most common silver coin forgery. In that sort of condition it's just worth a couple of pounds.