lece Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 I have got this coin and cant for the life of me find what it is. it looks like a george III token but it is different from it has george II on it and writing is not the same the date is 1790 Fronthttp://instagram.com/p/exN3gAoWlf/ backhttp://instagram.com/p/exNz2DoWlX/ Quote
bagerap Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Gambling token issued by W.C.B. & Co., die sinkers, Birmingham.http://www.britnumsoc.org/publications/Digital%20BNJ/pdfs/1963_BNJ_32_15.pdf Quote
lece Posted September 27, 2013 Author Posted September 27, 2013 Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error. Quote
Peckris Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error.Most likely to prove it's not a forgery of a currency piece. The mistake is so obvious that it would probably constitute a defence even in the law of that time. Quote
Coinery Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 (edited) Why has it got george ii on it. 1790 was that not george iii is the token a error.I wondered the same thing for a few seconds! It is a little more unusual, but Peckris is 100% correct and, given the sheer volume of these tokens, I wouldn't say they are collected enough that a slightly rarer variant would be financially appreciated!Edit: seuk could be interested? If he doesn't see this, it could be worth Private Messaging him for his input...he would provide you with a definitive answer for sure! Edited September 27, 2013 by Coinery Quote
Peter Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 It is a brass gaming token.The majority of these have strange inscriptions,dates,monarchs.They we produced in vast quantities in Victorian times.So many people think they have found a guinea.A gold guinea will weigh approx 8g whereas these brass tokens approx 3.5g.At coin fairs you can take your pick for less than £1 each although some suckers on Ebay pay more. Quote
seuk Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Gaming tokens are not really my field though I try to get scans of the ones from 1800-1830 though most of the spade guineas are either older or later.For anyone interested in the area there's an updated version out of the A Thousand Guineas cataloge Quote
Peckris Posted September 27, 2013 Posted September 27, 2013 Some of those gaming tokens replaced the 'normal' legend with 'IN MEMORY OF THE GOOD OLD DAYS' which is rather fun. Quote
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