George lll Coin!

[Guest elgebe]

Have what is clearly a George lll (I think it is copper or bronze, but I'm not good at id for metals!) but the date looks like 1701!! which it can't be, so prob rim wear is obscuring date and it could be 1791.

25/26 mm dia, obverse - George lll head, reverse - shield with crown on top, lots of script around edge with a dot between each letter except for words REX, OF, ST, DS & ET (though these are not adjacent to each other, there are other letters and dots between them). Though worn, I can see it has a milled rim.

Can anyone help???

[Dg43]

Have what is clearly a George lll (I think it is copper or bronze, but I'm not good at id for metals!) but the date looks like 1701!! which it can't be, so prob rim wear is obscuring date and it could be 1791.

25/26 mm dia, obverse - George lll head, reverse - shield with crown on top, lots of script around edge with a dot between each letter except for words REX, OF, ST, DS & ET (though these are not adjacent to each other, there are other letters and dots between them). Though worn, I can see it has a milled rim.

Can anyone help???

Welcome

Am I right in thinking that the full inscription around the shield of the coin on the reverse is:

G.Y.I.ET.F.G.REX.S.UF.ST.DS.T.M.S.ET.1701

If this is the case then it is an advertising 'spade guinea' probably bronze or brass, some are silvered - traces of which may remain - issued by a company of the name GYI. (George Yorke Iliffe. Diesinkers of Birmingham.) These advertising tokens are thought to have been issued between 1865 and 1914. There are many other types issued by other manufacturers and businesses of that era.

They are unfortunately worth very little, but are often mistaken for genuine Gold Guineas.

Here is a link to a similar token on ebay, the left hand token in the picture - according to the seller a half guinea token.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Three-game-tokens-Ge...bayphotohosting