Spade Guinea Gaming Token - George III George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Birmingham

€2.00
LocationUnited Kingdom
Year1760-1820
TypeUtility token
CompositionBrass
Weight3 g
Diameter24 mm
Thickness1.5 mm
ShapeRound
Technique
OrientationMedal alignment ↑↑
EdgeReeded
Period
Reference(s)
Obverse descriptionCopy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea.
Obverse letteringGEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA
(Translation: `George III by the grace of God`)
Obverse scriptLatin
Reverse descriptionCopy of a 1787 gold Half Guinea as noted above, but with different, nonsense lettering.  1701 (Date not in the reign of George III, who had not even been born by that year)
Reverse letteringG.Y.I.ET.F.G.REX.S.UF.ST.DS.T.M.S.ET.
(Translation: G Y I ET F G [REX] SUF ST DS T M S ET[C.] `George Yorke Iliffe and Frederick Gardner, Suffolk Street (Birmingham), diesinkers, tool makers, stampers, et cetera`)
Reverse scriptLatin
Mint
MintageND (1760-1820)  - 1701 isn`t a right data, George III wasn`t even born then. -
Catalog ID2016658500
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